BALATA

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa).

2.
n.

The bully tree (Minusops globosa); also, its milky juice (balata gum), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called chicle, or chicle gum.


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