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English noun: silk wood

1. silk wood (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


Synonymscalabur tree, calabura, Jamaican cherry, Muntingia calabura, silkwood


Broader (hypernym)tree


Member meronymgenus Muntingia, Muntingia









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