myrcia

Noun
  1. A genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family (synset 112353383)
    is a type of: dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
    member holonym: jaboticaba, jaboticaba tree, myrciaria cauliflora - small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States; grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches
    belongs to: family myrtaceae, myrtaceae, myrtle family - trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil
    same as: genus myrciaria, myrciaria

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