1) Beefwood
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1) Bully tree 2) Golf ball cover 3) Golf ball covering 4) Golf ball gum 5) Golf ball material 6) Golf-ball cover gum 7) Golf-ball material 8) Gutta balata 9) Gutta-percha alternative 10) The bully tree 11) Titleist cover material
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• (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).
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hard rubberlike material made by drying the milky juice produced principally by the bully tree (species Manilkara bidentata) of Guyana and the West ...
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A hard, resilient sap-like substance from the South American Balata tree that is used to make a cover for rubber-cored golf balls.
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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 constitutes an elastic gum called
chicle , or ...
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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.
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[
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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noun when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls
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balata tree noun a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
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