MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Melastoma malabathricum mean? 

• MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM (noun)
  The noun MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM has 1 sense:

1. evergreen spreading shrub of India and southeastern Asia having large purple flowers

  Familiarity information: MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Evergreen spreading shrub of India and southeastern Asia having large purple flowers

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Indian rhododendron; Melastoma malabathricum

Hypernyms ("Melastoma malabathricum" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)