HyperDic: genus_muntingia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Muntingia:
NOUNplantgenus Muntingia, Muntingiaone species
English > genus Muntingia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningOne species: Jamaican cherry; sometimes placed in family Flacourtiaceae.
SynonymMuntingia
Member ofElaeocarpaceae, family Elaeocarpaceae, elaeocarpus familygenus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber
MembersJamaican cherry, calabur tree, calabura, silk wood, silkwood, Muntingia calaburaA fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit
Broaderdilleniid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Spanishgenus muntingia, muntingia
Catalangenus muntingia, muntingia

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