What is "bully tree"

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.

n. Any of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceae, such as (taxlink Dipholis nigra species) and species of ''Sapota'' and (taxlink Mimusops genus), most of them yielding a substance closely resembling gutta-percha.

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

Bully tree is a common name for several neotropical trees in the Sapotaceae family and may refer to:

• Sideroxylon, a genus of flowering plants
• Manilkara bidentata, a tree
• Manilkara spectabilis, a tree
• Pouteria multiflora, a tree (also called the broad-leaved lucuma)