Definition of Muntingia calabura

1. 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.

Exact synonyms: Calabur Tree, Calabura, Jamaican Cherry, Silk Wood, Silkwood
Group relationships: Genus Muntingia, Muntingia
Generic synonyms: Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Muntingia Calabura

Munro's abscess
Munro's microabscess
Munro's point
Munro bagger
Munroist
Munroists
Munros
Munsee
Munshiganj District
Munson's sign
Munster
Munster Irish
Muntenia
Muntiacus
Muntingia
Muntingia calabura (current term)
Muntz metal
Munukutuba
Munyarwand
Muppet
Muppets
Murad
Muraenidae
Murasugi sum
Murasugi sums
Murcia
Murcian
Murcians
Murdoch
Muriel

Literary usage of Muntingia calabura

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"Genus MUNTINGIA Muntingia calabura L. DATILES. A description of this species ... Muntingia calabura ..."

2. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1880)
"... sample are brilliant and lustrous, and it possesses considerable strength ; in fact, seems almost equal to China grass in tenacity. Muntingia calabura. ..."

3. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"Muntingia calabura. CALADENIA. A genus of exquisitely beautiful little terrestrial orchids inhabiting Australasia, They generally produce one grassy leaf, ..."

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