Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: balata  ba-lu-tu
  1. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls
    - gutta balata
     
  2. A tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
    - balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata

Derived forms: balatas

Type of: gum, tree

Encyclopedia: Balata, Iran