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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a fast-growing tropical American evergreen (Muntingia calabura) having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves.

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  • noun a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves

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  • Abandoned cleared land reverts to a tangled secondary growth, dominated by introduced woody plants such as Triphasia trifolia, Jatropha gossypifolia, Pithecellobium dulce, Muntingia calabura, Cananga odorata, and especially Leucaena leucocephala.

    Marianas tropical dry forests 2008

  • (1 - 2); Morus indica, Mulberry (most); Muntingia calabura, Strawberry tree

    12: Seeds and germplasm 1996

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    Rational Review 2009

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