genus Melastoma

Definitions of genus Melastoma
  1. noun
    type genus of Melastomataceae; Asiatic shrubs with leathery leaves and large purple flowers followed by edible fleshy black berries
    synonyms: Melastoma
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    type of:
    rosid dicot genus
    a genus of dicotyledonous plants
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