HyperDic: silk_wood

English > 1 sense of the expression silk wood:
NOUNplantsilk wood, Jamaican cherry, calabur tree, calabura, silkwood, Muntingia calaburaa fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit
English > silk wood: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves.
SynonymsJamaican cherry, calabur tree, calabura, silkwood, Muntingia calabura
Member ofMuntingia, genus MuntingiaOne species
BroadertreeA tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown
Spanishcalabura, silkwood
Catalancalabura

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