BATOKO PALM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does batoko palm mean? 

• BATOKO PALM (noun)
  The noun BATOKO PALM has 1 sense:

1. small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums

  Familiarity information: BATOKO PALM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATOKO PALM (noun)

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Meaning:

Small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

batoko palm; Flacourtia indica; governor's plum; governor plum; Madagascar plum; ramontchi

Hypernyms ("batoko palm" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("batoko palm" is a member of...):

Flacourtia; genus Flacourtia (often spiny trees or shrubs of tropical Asia and Africa)