1. Unclassified
The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceae, as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota and Mimusops. Most of them yield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha.
2. Noun
a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
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