# bulletwood

> English word · Noun

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

## Etymology
From bullet + wood, presumably from its hardness.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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