bulletwood

See also: bullet wood

English

bulletwood (Manilkara bidentata)

bulletwood (Mimusops elengi)

Alternative forms

bullet wood

Etymology

bullet +‎ wood, presumably from its hardness.

Noun

bulletwood (countable and uncountable, plural bulletwoods)

A tropical hardwood tree, Manilkara bidentata, grown commercially in Puerto Rico.
The timber of this tree.
A flowering tree, Spanish cherry or medlar (Mimusops elengi), whose flowers are used in Thai herbal medicine.

Synonyms

bully tree

Translations

Manilkara bidentata

Finnish: balata

timber of this tree

Finnish: balata

Mimusops elengi

Bengali: বকুল (bn) (bokul), মধুপুষ্প (môdhupuṣpô)
Burmese: ခရေ (my) (hka.re)
Finnish: intianbaulapuu
Indonesian: tanjung (id)
Japanese: ミサキノハナ (misaki-no-hana)
Telugu: పొగడ చెట్టు (pogaḍaceṭṭu), వకుళము (te) (vakuḷamu)

References

bulletwood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
bulletwood at OneLook Dictionary Search
“bulletwood”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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