bully tree

from 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}]
    
from 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]
    

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