English noun: calabur tree | |||
1. | calabur tree (plant) 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 | ||
Synonyms | calabura, Jamaican cherry, Muntingia calabura, silk wood, silkwood | ||
Broader (hypernym) | tree | ||
Member meronym | genus Muntingia, Muntingia | ||