bulletwood
See also: bullet wood
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom bullet + wood, presumably from its hardness.
Noun
editbulletwood (countable and uncountable, plural bulletwoods)
- A tropical hardwood tree of species 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
editTranslations
editManilkara bidentata
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timber of this tree
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Mimusops elengi
References
edit- bulletwood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “bulletwood”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “bulletwood”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.