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  • 1. Muntingia
  • 2. calabura
Table of Contents
  • 1. Muntingia
  • 2. calabura
Synonyms

1. Muntingia

noun. one species: Jamaican cherry; sometimes placed in family Flacourtiaceae.

Synonyms

  • elaeocarpus family
  • calabur tree
  • silk wood
  • Jamaican cherry
  • Elaeocarpaceae
  • calabura
  • silkwood
  • dilleniid dicot genus
  • Muntingia calabura
  • genus Muntingia

2. calabura

noun. 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.

Synonyms

  • silk wood
  • Jamaican cherry
  • silkwood
  • Muntingia
  • tree
  • Muntingia calabura
  • genus Muntingia
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