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BULLY-TREE

\bˈʊlɪtɹˈiː], \bˈʊlɪtɹˈiː], \b_ˈʊ_l_ɪ_t_ɹ_ˈiː]\

Definitions of BULLY-TREE

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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bool'i-tr[=e], n. a name given to several West Indian sapotaceous trees yielding good timber.--Also BULL'ET-TREE, BULL'ETRIE, BOLL'ETRIE.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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