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bully tree
noun
any of various tropical American trees, as Manilkara bidentata, of the sapodilla family, that yield the gum balata.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bully tree1
1650–60; bully, alteration of balata
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This was covered with balata, a type of rubber harvested from a tropical tree called the bully tree.
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