"balata" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: balatas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish balatá. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|es|balatá}} Borrowed from Spanish balatá Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} balata (countable and uncountable, plural balatas)
  1. Manilkara bidentata, a large South American tree that yields latex and edible yellow berries. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: ausubo, massaranduba, bulletwood, bully tree, cow-tree
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  2. The latex obtained from this tree. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (latex): balata [feminine] (Polish), balata [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-balata-en-noun-SpE5k3k9 Disambiguation of 'latex': 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (timber): paardenvleeshout (Dutch), balata (Finnish) Translations (tree): boiti (Aukan), balata (Dutch), bolletrie [common-gender] (Dutch), balata (Finnish), balata [masculine] (French), parata (Kari'na), balata burue (Lokono), burue (Lokono), kurero burue (Lokono), balata [feminine] (Polish), balata [feminine] (Portuguese), maçaranduba [feminine] (Portuguese), baatá (Saramaccan), botii (Saramaccan), balatá [feminine] (Spanish), balata (Sranan Tongo), boletri (Sranan Tongo), botri (Sranan Tongo)
Disambiguation of 'timber': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'tree': 55 45

Inflected forms

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