jamaican cherry

Noun
  1. A fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit;
    Bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves (synset 112214664)
    is a type of: tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
    belongs to: genus muntingia, muntingia - one species: Jamaican cherry; sometimes placed in family Flacourtiaceae
    same as: calabur tree, calabura, muntingia calabura, silk wood, silkwood

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