bully tree n 1: a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber [syn: {balata}, {balata tree}, {beefwood}, {bully tree}, {Manilkara bidentata}]
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]