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    BULLY TREE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timberplay

    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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