Definitions
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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Examples
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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.
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(1 - 2); Morus indica, Mulberry (most); Muntingia calabura, Strawberry tree
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