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MALPIGHIA GLABRA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Malpighia glabra mean?
• MALPIGHIA GLABRA (noun)
The noun MALPIGHIA GLABRA has 1 sense:
1. tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries
Familiarity information: MALPIGHIA GLABRA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
acerola; barbados cherry; Malpighia glabra; Surinam cherry; West Indian cherry
Hypernyms ("Malpighia glabra" is a kind of...):
dicot; dicotyledon; exogen; magnoliopsid (flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside)
Meronyms (parts of "Malpighia glabra"):
acerola; barbados cherry; surinam cherry; West Indian cherry (acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C)
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