balata tree

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1.balata tree - a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timberbeefwood, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata, balatabalata, gutta balata - when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf ballstree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms