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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)