calabura

calabura
calabura calabura n. a fast-growing tropical American evergreen ({Muntingia calabura}) having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves.

Syn: Jamaican cherry, calabur tree, silkwood. [WordNet 1.5] ||


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  • Muntingia calabura — noun a 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 • Syn: ↑Jamaican cherry, ↑calabur tree, ↑calabura, ↑silk wood, ↑silkwood …   Useful english dictionary

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