HyperDic: gutta_balata

English > 1 sense of the expression gutta balata:
NOUNplantgutta balata, balatawhen dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls
English > gutta balata: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningWhen dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
Synonymbalata
BroadergumAny of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants
Substance ofbalata, balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, Manilkara bidentataA tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
Spanishbalata
Catalanbalata

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