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Webster 1913 Edition

Bully tree

Bul′ly treeˊ

(bụl′ly̆ trēˊ)

.

(Bot.)

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.