also its milky juice at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:
Balata \Bal"a*ta\, n. [Sp., prob. fr. native name.]
1. A West Indian sapotaceous tree ({Bumelia retusa}).
2. The bully tree ({Minusops globosa}); also, its milky juice
({); also, its milky juice (}), which when dried
constitutes an elastic gum called {chicle}, or {chicle
gum}.