What is "balata"

Balata \Bal"a*ta\, n. [Sp., prob. fr. native name.]

1. A West Indian sapotaceous tree ( Bumelia retusa).

2. The bully tree ( Minusops globosa); also, its milky juice ( ); also, its milky juice (), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called chicle, or chicle gum.

n. ''Manilkara bidentata'', a large American tree that yields latex and edible yellow berries.

1. n. when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls [syn: gutta balata]

2. a hard-wooded tropical tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber [syn: balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata]

Balata Camp 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.

Balata may refer to:

• Balata, a Palestinian refugee camp in the northern West Bank
• Balata al-Balad, a Palestinian town in the West Bank
• Balata, Iran, a village in Ilam Province, Iran
• Tell Balata, an archaeological site on the West Bank
• Bălata, a village in Șoimuș Commune, Hunedoara County, Romania
• Jardin de Balata, a garden on Martinique

See also:

• Balatá, "cow-tree", a latex-producing species of Manilkara native to a large area of northern South America, Central America and the Caribbean