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GOVERNOR'S PLUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does governor's plum mean?
• GOVERNOR'S PLUM (noun)
The noun GOVERNOR'S PLUM has 1 sense:
1. small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums
Familiarity information: GOVERNOR'S PLUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Meaning:
Small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
batoko palm; Flacourtia indica; governor's plum; governor plum; Madagascar plum; ramontchi
Hypernyms ("governor's plum" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("governor's plum" is a member of...):
Flacourtia; genus Flacourtia (often spiny trees or shrubs of tropical Asia and Africa)
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