| 单词 | balata-tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbalata-tree 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. < as lemmas |
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