BALATA
\balˈɑːtə], \balˈɑːtə], \b_a_l_ˈɑː_t_ə]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls
-
a hard-wooded tropical tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
By Princeton University
-
when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls
-
a hard-wooded tropical tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
-
A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa).
-
The bully tree (Minusops globosa); also, its milky juice (balata gum), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called chicle, or chicle gum.
By Oddity Software
Word of the day
Dopamine Acetyltransferase
- An enzyme that catalyzes the of groups from acetyl-CoA to arylamines. They have wide specificity for aromatic amines, particularly serotonin, and can also catalyze acetyl transfer between arylamines without CoA. EC 2.3.1.5.