Difference between revisions of "Balata"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_90698" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_90698" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) The bully tree (Minusops globosa); also, its milky juice (balata gum), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called chicle, or chicle gum. </p> <p> (2): (n.) A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa). </p> | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) The bully tree (Minusops globosa); also, its milky juice (balata gum), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called chicle, or chicle gum. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) [[A]] West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa). </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68482" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68482" /> == | ||
<p> A vegetable gum used as a substitute for gutta-percha, being at once ductile and elastic; goes under the name of bully. </p> | <p> [[A]] vegetable gum used as a substitute for gutta-percha, being at once ductile and elastic; goes under the name of bully. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Revision as of 02:05, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) The bully tree (Minusops globosa); also, its milky juice (balata gum), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called chicle, or chicle gum.
(2): (n.) A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa).
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A vegetable gum used as a substitute for gutta-percha, being at once ductile and elastic; goes under the name of bully.
