balata
balata
Definition
ba·lata (bə lät′ə, bal′ə tə)
noun
- any of a genus (Manilkara, esp. M. bidentata) of tropical American trees of the sapodilla family with hard, heavy, dark-red wood used for flooring, furniture, etc.
- the dried milky sap of these trees, a rubberlike gum used to make golf ball covers, conveyor belts, etc.
Etymology: Sp < Tupí or Galibi
Browse dictionary entries near balata
- balas
- balancing test
- balancing of the equities
- Balanchine
- balancer
- balanced fund
- balanced
- balance wheel
- balance sheet
- balance of trade
- Balaton
- balboa
- balbriggan
- balcony
- bald
- bald eagle
- baldacchino
- baldachin
- baldcypress
- Balder
