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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Balata

/băl'-ət-ə/ · Bal·a·ta · IPA /bˈælətə/
01 n. A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa).
  1. 1.
    A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa).
  2. 2.
    The bully tree (Minusops globosa); also, its milky juice (balata gum), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called chicle, or chicle gum. Also: chicle, chicle gum