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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 fruitplay

  Familiarity information: VANGUERIA INFAUSTA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VANGUERIA INFAUSTA (noun)


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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