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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 plumsplay

  Familiarity information: GOVERNOR'S PLUM used as a noun is very rare.


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GOVERNOR'S PLUM (noun)


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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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