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VANGUERIA INFAUSTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Vangueria infausta mean?
• VANGUERIA INFAUSTA (noun)
The noun VANGUERIA INFAUSTA has 1 sense:
1. small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit
Familiarity information: VANGUERIA INFAUSTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
medlar; Vangueria infausta; wild medlar; wild medlar tree
Hypernyms ("Vangueria infausta" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Meronyms (parts of "Vangueria infausta"):
medlar (a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste)
Holonyms ("Vangueria infausta" is a member of...):
genus Vangueria; Vangueria (tropical African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having one-seeded fruit)
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