Definition of "balata"

balata

noun
countable and uncountable, plural balatas
1. Manilkara bidentata, a large South American tree that yields latex and edible yellow berries.
  Quotations
  ‘She tall like a balata tree, her skin black like midnight.’
  2022, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds, Hamish Hamilton, page 215
2. The latex obtained from this tree.