balatan.

Brit.

/ˈbalətə/,

/bəˈlɑːtə/, U.S.

/bəˈlɑdə/,

/ˈbælədə/

Forms: Also 1800s ballata.

Etymology: South American Spanish, probably < a South American Indian word. So French (1777).

1. Any of several trees of Guyana and the West Indies belonging to the family Sapotaceæ, esp. Mimusops balata. Also balata-tree.

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bully bay1657

balata1858

melkboom1917

1858 L. A. A. de Verteuil Trinidad 101 Balata (Mimusops). The Balata, or Bullet-wood, is one of our best and most useful timbers.

1860 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 24 Aug. 713/2 It appears also that the Sapota Mulleri, the tree producing the gutta percha of Surinam, is called Balata in French Guiana, Les Antilles, and elsewhere.

1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 781 Ballata tree (Dominica): Bumelia retusa.

1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. vi. 223 A huge dark-headed Balata [note Mimusops Balata].

1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. vii. 257 (heading) The Balata Tree.

1922 W. Schlich Man. Forestry (ed. 4) I. ii. 322 Mimusops globosa, the Balata, go to 120 feet high.

2. The dried juice or gum of Mimusops balata, used as a substitute for gutta-percha. Also attributive and in other combinations.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > rubber > [noun] > substitute for rubber or gutta-percha

gutta-trap1858

balata1860

gutta-shea1887

Pontianak1902

gutta-jelutong1904

1860 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 24 Aug. 713/2 A few months ago it was announced in the French journals that M. Serres, Pharmacien, at Paris, had been so fortunate as to prepare gutta percha from the Balatas of the sapotaceous plants in Guiana and Central America.

1862 Catal. Contrib. Brit. Guiana to London Exhib. 33 The leaves, branches, and trunk [of the bully tree] produce a whitish milk, forming the gum, now known as ‘Ballata’.

1864 W. Holmes in Jrnl. Soc. Arts 4 Mar. 245/2 I believe..that Balata..will supply the great want of the day, as a good insulating medium for telegraphic purposes.

1867 W. T. Veness El Dorado ix. 94 The ballata-gatherer..may thus bleed a great many trees in a single day.

1900 W. T. Brannt India Rubber, Gutta-percha, & Balata 311 The manufacture of balata belts is analogous to that of rubber belts.

1925 Chambers's Jrnl. 550/1 Wandering balata-bleeders from the lower forests.

1939 Nature 12 Aug. 300/2 Thus a polymerhomologous series of celluloses exists and the same holds also for starch, glycogen, caoutchouc and balata.

1958 J. Carew Wild Coast iv. 51 He had left the balata fields.

1958 J. Carew Wild Coast iv. 52 He was carrying a heavy balata-coated canvas bag.

1959 B.S.I. News June 10/2 Rubber-textile and balata-textile belting in many varieties..is extensively used for power transmission of all kinds.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	balata
释义	balatan. Brit. /ˈbalətə/, /bəˈlɑːtə/, U.S. /bəˈlɑdə/, /ˈbælədə/ Forms: Also 1800s ballata. Etymology: South American Spanish, probably < a South American Indian word. So French (1777). 1. Any of several trees of Guyana and the West Indies belonging to the family Sapotaceæ, esp. Mimusops balata. Also balata-tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > of South America or West Indies > balata bully bay1657 balata1858 melkboom1917 1858 L. A. A. de Verteuil Trinidad 101 Balata (Mimusops). The Balata, or Bullet-wood, is one of our best and most useful timbers. 1860 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 24 Aug. 713/2 It appears also that the Sapota Mulleri, the tree producing the gutta percha of Surinam, is called Balata in French Guiana, Les Antilles, and elsewhere. 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 781 Ballata tree (Dominica): Bumelia retusa. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. vi. 223 A huge dark-headed Balata [note Mimusops Balata]. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. vii. 257 (heading) The Balata Tree. 1922 W. Schlich Man. Forestry (ed. 4) I. ii. 322 Mimusops globosa, the Balata, go to 120 feet high. 2. The dried juice or gum of Mimusops balata, used as a substitute for gutta-percha. Also attributive and in other combinations. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > rubber > [noun] > substitute for rubber or gutta-percha gutta-trap1858 balata1860 gutta-shea1887 Pontianak1902 gutta-jelutong1904 1860 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 24 Aug. 713/2 A few months ago it was announced in the French journals that M. Serres, Pharmacien, at Paris, had been so fortunate as to prepare gutta percha from the Balatas of the sapotaceous plants in Guiana and Central America. 1862 Catal. Contrib. Brit. Guiana to London Exhib. 33 The leaves, branches, and trunk [of the bully tree] produce a whitish milk, forming the gum, now known as ‘Ballata’. 1864 W. Holmes in Jrnl. Soc. Arts 4 Mar. 245/2 I believe..that Balata..will supply the great want of the day, as a good insulating medium for telegraphic purposes. 1867 W. T. Veness El Dorado ix. 94 The ballata-gatherer..may thus bleed a great many trees in a single day. 1900 W. T. Brannt India Rubber, Gutta-percha, & Balata 311 The manufacture of balata belts is analogous to that of rubber belts. 1925 Chambers's Jrnl. 550/1 Wandering balata-bleeders from the lower forests. 1939 Nature 12 Aug. 300/2 Thus a polymerhomologous series of celluloses exists and the same holds also for starch, glycogen, caoutchouc and balata. 1958 J. Carew Wild Coast iv. 51 He had left the balata fields. 1958 J. Carew Wild Coast iv. 52 He was carrying a heavy balata-coated canvas bag. 1959 B.S.I. News June 10/2 Rubber-textile and balata-textile belting in many varieties..is extensively used for power transmission of all kinds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1858
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