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Definition of Bumelia
1. Noun. Deciduous or evergreen American shrubs small trees having very hard wood and milky latex.
Exact synonyms: Genus Bumelia
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Sapotaceae, Sapodilla Family, Sapotaceae
Member holonyms: Buckthorn
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Sapotaceae, Sapodilla Family, Sapotaceae
Member holonyms: Buckthorn
Definition of Bumelia
1. a thorny tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bumelia
Literary usage of Bumelia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"Nectaria 5, at the base of the stamina on the inside of the tube of the corolla.
Drupe with 1 seed. From Swartz. ind. occid. 486. t. 8.' • . bumelia nigra. ..."
2. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"A plant, named bumelia sericea, against the wall of the Horticultural Society's
Garden, where it has stood between three and four years, appears to be of ..."
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