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chicle gum

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.

WordNet
chicle gum

n. gum-like substance from the sapodilla [syn: chicle]