bulletwood

== English == === Alternative forms === bullet wood === Etymology === From bullet +‎ wood, presumably from its hardness. === Noun === bulletwood (countable and uncountable, plural bulletwoods) A tropical hardwood tree of species Manilkara bidentata, grown commercially in Puerto Rico. Synonyms: ausubo, balata, bully tree, massaranduba, cow-tree The timber of this tree. A flowering tree, Spanish cherry or medlar (Mimusops elengi), whose flowers are used in Thai herbal medicine. ==== Translations ==== === References === bulletwood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “bulletwood”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “bulletwood”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.