muntingia

Noun
  1. One species: Jamaican cherry;
    Sometimes placed in family Flacourtiaceae (synset 112214481)
    is a type of: dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
    member holonym: calabur tree, calabura, jamaican cherry, muntingia calabura, silk wood, silkwood - 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
    belongs to: elaeocarpaceae, elaeocarpus family, family elaeocarpaceae - genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae
    same as: genus muntingia

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