HyperDic: muntingia

English > 1 sense of the word Muntingia:
NOUNplantMuntingia, genus Muntingiaone species
English > Muntingia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningOne species: Jamaican cherry; sometimes placed in family Flacourtiaceae.
Synonymgenus Muntingia
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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