English > genus Dovyalis: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | small genus of sometimes spiny shrubs or small trees; Africa; India; Sri Lanka. |
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| Synonym | Dovyalis |
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| Member of | Flacourtiaceae, family Flacourtiaceae, flacourtia family | chiefly tropical trees and shrubs |
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| Members | kei apple, kei apple bush, Dovyalis caffra | vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | dovyalis, genus dovyalis |
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| Catalan | dovyalis, genus dovyalis |
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