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[syn: balata, balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bully tree \Bul"ly tree`\ (b[.u]l"l[y^] tr[=e]`). (Bot.)
The name of several West Indian trees of the order
Sapotace[ae], as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota
and Mimusops. Most of them yield a substance closely
resembling gutta-percha.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bully tree
n 1: a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red
timber [syn: balata, balata tree, beefwood, bully
tree, Manilkara bidentata]