'Melastoma' definitions:
Definition of 'Melastoma'
From: WordNet
noun
Type genus of Melastomataceae; Asiatic shrubs with leathery leaves and large purple flowers followed by edible fleshy black berries [syn: Melastoma, genus Melastoma]
Definition of 'Melastoma'
From: GCIDE
- Melastoma \Me*las"to*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`las black + sto`ma mouth.] (Bot.) A genus of evergreen tropical shrubs; -- so called from the black berries of some species, which stain the mouth. [1913 Webster]