BULLY TREE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber

Synonyms:

balata; balata tree; beefwood; bully tree; Manilkara bidentata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bully tree" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Meronyms (substance of "bully tree"):

balata; gutta balata (when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls)

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