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BLIGHIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Blighia mean?
• BLIGHIA (noun)
The noun BLIGHIA has 1 sense:
1. small genus of western African evergreen trees and shrubs bearing fleshy capsular three-seeded fruits edible when neither unripe nor overripe
Familiarity information: BLIGHIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of western African evergreen trees and shrubs bearing fleshy capsular three-seeded fruits edible when neither unripe nor overripe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Blighia; genus Blighia
Hypernyms ("Blighia" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "Blighia"):
akee; akee tree; Blighia sapida (widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in Jamaica by William Bligh)
Holonyms ("Blighia" is a member of...):
family Sapindaceae; Sapindaceae; soapberry family (chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins)
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