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Muntingia calabura

DEFINITIONS OF: Muntingia calabura

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n 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

Synonyms:
Jamaican cherry, calabur tree, calabura, silk wood, silkwood
Type of:
tree
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
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