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bully tree
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bully tree has 1 sense
- bully tree(n = noun.plant) balata, balata tree, beefwood, manilkara bidentata - a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber; Array is a kind of tree
CIDE DICTIONARY
bully tree,
The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceæ , as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota and Mimusops . Most of them yield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha. [1913 Webster]
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