HyperDic: vangueria

English > 1 sense of the word Vangueria:
NOUNplantVangueria, genus Vangueriatropical African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having one-seeded fruit
English > Vangueria: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTropical African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having one-seeded fruit.
Synonymgenus Vangueria
Member ofRubiaceae, family Rubiaceae, madder familywidely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs
MembersSpanish tamarind, Vangueria madagascariensisshrubby tree of Madagascar / Madagascar occasionally cultivated for its edible apple-shaped fruit
wild medlar, wild medlar tree, medlar, Vangueria infaustasmall deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit
Broaderasterid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
Spanishgenus vangueria, vangueria
Catalangenus vangueria, vangueria

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