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MALPIGHIA GLABRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Malpighia glabra mean? 

MALPIGHIA GLABRA (noun)
  The noun MALPIGHIA GLABRA has 1 sense:

1. tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherriesplay

  Familiarity information: MALPIGHIA GLABRA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MALPIGHIA GLABRA (noun)


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Meaning:

Tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

acerola; barbados cherry; Malpighia glabra; Surinam cherry; West Indian cherry

Hypernyms ("Malpighia glabra" is a kind of...):

dicot; dicotyledon; exogen; magnoliopsid (flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside)

Meronyms (parts of "Malpighia glabra"):

acerola; barbados cherry; surinam cherry; West Indian cherry (acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C)


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