Bul·ly tree Bot. 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.
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bully tree
n : a hard-wooded tropical tree yielding balata gum and heavy
red timber [syn: balata, balata tree, beefwood, Manilkara
bidentata]