BALATA

Meaning of BALATA in English

n.1 any of several latex-yielding trees of Central America, esp. Manilkara bidentata.

2 the dried sap of this used as a substitute for gutta-percha.

Etymology: ult. f. Carib

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

BALATA — noun Etymology: Spanish, from Carib Date: 1860 the dried latex of a tropical American tree (genus Manilkara and especially M. …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BALATA — bəˈläd.ə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish, of Cariban origin; akin to Galibi balata 1. : a hard substance produced …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BALATA — (n.) The bully tree (Minusops globosa); also, its milky juice (balata gum), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called …
Английский словарь Webster
BALATA — (n.) A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa).
Английский словарь Webster
BALATA — /beuh lah"teuh, bal"euh teuh/ , n. 1. a nonelastic, rubberlike, water-resistant gum that softens in hot water and is obtained …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BALATA — n. Canadian term for the bully tree, tropical tree that has dark red wood that produces a latex sap; nonelastic …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BALATA — noun Etymology: Spanish, from Carib Date: 1860 : the dried latex of a tropical American tree (genus Manilkara and especially …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BALATA — add. ·noun a west indian sapotaceous tree (bumelia retusa). 2. balata ·add. ·noun the bully tree (minusops globosa); also, its …
Webster English vocab
BALATA — [ 'balətə , bə'lα:tə ] ■ noun a tropical American tree which bears edible fruit and produces latex. [ Manilkara …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BALATA — [ba.la.ta] n [Sp, fr. Carib] (1860): a substance like gutta-percha that is the dried juice of tropical American trees (esp. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BALATA — also called Gutta Balata, hard rubberlike material made by drying the milky juice produced principally by the bully tree (species …
Britannica English vocabulary
BALATA — balata BrE AmE ˈbæl ət ə bə ˈlɑːt ə AmE \ bə ˈlɑːt̬ ə ▷ balata|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BALATA — n. 1 any of several latex-yielding trees of Central America, esp. Manilkara bidentata. 2 the dried sap of this used …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BALATA — n. 1 any of several latex-yielding trees of Central America, esp. Manilkara bidentata. 2 the dried sap of this used …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BALATA — 1) балата 2) балатовый 3) гуммибалата
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BALATA — вид каучука (латекса) (для конвейерных лент и элементов ремённых передач)
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
BALATA — 1) балата 2) балатовый 3) гуммибалата
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BALATA — n. Pronunciation: b ə - ' lä-t ə Function: noun Etymology: Spanish, from Carib Date: 1860 : the dried latex …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PANAMA BALATA — noun Usage: usually capitalized P : gum from a bully tree ( Manilkara darienensis )
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GUTTA BALATA — noun Etymology: gutta (II) : balata 1
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LATEX — noun (plural latices or ~es) Etymology: New Latin latic-, ~, from Latin, fluid Date: 1835 a milky usually white fluid …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LATEX — I. ˈlāˌteks noun ( plural lat·i·ces ˈlad.əˌsēz, ˈlād.- ; or latexes ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: New Latin latic-, latex, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GUTTA — I. ˈgəd.ə, ˈgu̇d.ə noun ( plural gut·tae -d.ˌē, -u̇d.ˌī ; also guttas ) Etymology: Latin, literally, drop — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LUPEOL — ˈlüpēˌȯl, -ōl noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary lupe- (irregular from lupine ) + -ol; probably originally formed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ICICA — ə̇ˈsēkə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Portuguese, from Tupi 1. : a tropical American timber tree of the genus Protium …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GUTTA-PERCHA — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|pərchə, -pə̄ch-, -pəich- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Malay, from gětah sap, latex + pěrcha tree producing gutta-percha : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLUAVIL — ˈflüəˌvil noun ( -s ) Etymology: French fluavile : an amorphous yellow resin extracted from gutta-percha and balata
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COW TREE — noun 1. [translation of American Spanish árbol de vaca ] a. : a So. American tree ( Brosimum galactodendron ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BULLY TREE — ˈbu̇lē- noun or bul·let tree -lə̇t- Etymology: by folk etymology from American Spanish balata — more at balata : any …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BULLET TREE — ˈbu̇lə̇t- noun Etymology: by folk etymology from American Spanish balata — more at balata 1. : a bully tree (especially …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BULLY TREE — any of various tropical American trees, as Manilkara bidentata, of the sapodilla family, that yield the gum balata. Also called …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EBENALES — ebony order of flowering plants, belonging to the class Magnoliopsida (dicotyledons; characterized by two seed leaves). It comprises five families, …
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