'Muntingia calabura' definitions:
Definition of 'Muntingia calabura'
(from WordNet)
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, Muntingia calabura]
Definition of 'Muntingia calabura'
From: GCIDE
- 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]