• The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceae, as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota and Mimusops. Most of them yield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha.
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(from the article `balata`) hard rubberlike material made by drying the milky juice produced principally by the bully tree (species Manilkara bidentata) of Guyana and the West ...
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Bul'ly tree` (Botany) The name of several West Indian trees of the order
Sapotaceæ , as
Dipholis nigra and species of
Sapota and
Mimusops . Most of them yield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha.
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any of various tropical American trees, as Manilkara bidentata, of the sapodilla family, that yield the gum balata. Also called
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