dovyalis (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Dovyalis*:
NOUN	plant	Dovyalis, genus Dovyalis	small genus of sometimes spiny shrubs or small trees

English > *Dovyalis*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	small genus of sometimes spiny shrubs or small trees; Africa; India; Sri Lanka.
Synonym	genus Dovyalis
Member of	Flacourtiaceae, family Flacourtiaceae, flacourtia family	chiefly tropical trees and shrubs
Members	kei apple, kei apple bush, Dovyalis caffra	vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits
Members	ketembilla, kitembilla, kitambilla, ketembilla tree, Ceylon gooseberry, Dovyalis hebecarpa	A small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries
Broader	dilleniid dicot genus	genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Spanish	dovyalis, genus dovyalis
Catalan	dovyalis, genus dovyalis

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