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 | ||
Synonyms | calabur tree, calabura, Jamaican cherry, Muntingia calabura, silkwood | ||
Broader (hypernym) | tree | ||
Member meronym | genus Muntingia, Muntingia | ||