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 ba·la·ta /bəˈlɑtə/
 橡皮樹,橡膠

 Bal·a·ta n.
 1.  A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa).
 2.  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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 balata
      n 1: when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls
           [syn: gutta balata]
      2: a hard-wooded tropical tree yielding balata gum and heavy
         red timber [syn: balata tree, beefwood, bully tree,
         Manilkara bidentata]