bully tree

English

Alternative forms

• bolletrie
• bullet tree
• bulletrie
• bullytree

Noun

bully tree (plural bully trees)

1. Any of several West Indian trees of the family Sapotaceae of tropical trees that yield a milky sap.
   1. Sideroxylon spp.
   2. Manilkara bidentata

      Synonyms: ausubo, balata, bulletwood, massaranduba, cow-tree

   3. Manilkara spectabilis,
   4. Pouteria multiflora (broad-leaved lucuma)

Hypernyms

• tree

Hyponyms

• bastard bully tree

Descendants

• → Dutch: bolletrie

Translations

Manilkara bidentata — see balata

References

• bully tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sapotaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• “bully tree”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.