bully tree Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
    balata; Manilkara bidentata; balata tree; beefwood.

WordNet

Bul"ly tree`
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913