bullet-woodn.
The wood of the bully tree (bully n.4).
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1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 77 Bullet-wood, from the Virgin Isles, West Indies.
1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 77 Bullet-wood, another species so called, is supposed to come from Berbice; its colour is hazel brown..; it is..well adapted to general and to eccentric turning.
1858 L. A. A. de Verteuil Trinidad 101 Balata (Mimusops). The Balata, or Bullet-wood, is one of our best and most useful timbers.
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