Look up: Balata


  1. balata
    [n] - when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls 2. [n] - a hard-wooded tropical tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
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  2. Balata
    Bal'a·ta noun [ Spanish , probably from native name.] 1. A West Indian sapotaceous tree ( Bumelia retusa ). 2. The bully tree ( Minusops globosa ); also, its milky juice ( balata gum ), which when dried cons...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/7

  3. balata
    balata tree noun a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
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  4. balata
    noun when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls
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  5. Balata
    • (n.) The bully tree (Minusops globosa); also, its milky juice (balata gum), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called chicle, or chicle gum. • (n.) A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa).
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/balata/

  6. balata
    hard rubberlike material made by drying the milky juice produced principally by the bully tree (species Manilkara bidentata) of Guyana and the West ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/10

  7. Balata
    Balata Camp (مخيم بلاطة) is a Palestinian refugee camp established in the northern West Bank in 1950, adjacent to the city of Nablus. It is the largest refugee camp in the West Bank. Balata Camp is densely populated with 30,000 residents in an area of 0.25 square kilometers. ==History== In...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balata

  8. balata
    balata (băl'utu) , nonelastic natural rubber obtained as a latex from the South American tree Manikara bidentata and from related trees. Its properties are similar to those of gutta-percha, and its processing and uses are essentially the same. It is sometimes called gutta balata.
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0805854.html

  9. Balata
    Balata is a latex derived from the Bullet-Tree. It has properties intermediate between gutta-percha and India-rubber, making it more suitable for certain industrial purposes. It has been used in the USA as a chewing material for many years, and is used to make chewing-gum.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/GB.HTM

  10. balata
    A hard, resilient sap-like substance from the South American Balata tree that is used to make a cover for rubber-cored golf balls.
    Found op http://www.aviemoregolf.com/b.html

  11. balata
    1) Golf ball material 2) Gum 3) Gutta balata 4) Gutta-percha alternative
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/balata/1

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