| NOUN | plant | Blighia, genus Blighia | small genus of western African evergreen trees and shrubs bearing fleshy capsular three-seeded fruits edible when neither unripe nor overripe |
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| Meaning | small genus of western African evergreen trees and shrubs bearing fleshy capsular three-seeded fruits edible when neither unripe nor overripe. | |
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| Synonym | genus Blighia | |
| Member of | Sapindaceae, family Sapindaceae, soapberry family | chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh |
| Members | akee, akee tree, Blighia sapida | Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits |
| Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
| Spanish | blighia, genus blighia | |
| Catalan | blighia, genus blighia | |
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