GUTTA BALATA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls

Synonyms:

balata; gutta balata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("gutta balata" is a kind of...):

gum (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)

Holonyms ("gutta balata" is a substance of...):

balata; balata tree; beefwood; bully tree; Manilkara bidentata (a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber)