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Definition of Flacourtia
1. Noun. Often spiny trees or shrubs of tropical Asia and Africa.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Flacourtiaceae, Flacourtia Family, Flacourtiaceae
Member holonyms: Batoko Palm, Flacourtia Indica, Governor Plum, Governor's Plum, Madagascar Plum, Ramontchi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flacourtia
Literary usage of Flacourtia
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)
"Flacourtia rukam is a tree reaching a height of about 20 meters and a diameter of
... The pulp is fleshy, edible, and has an agreeable flavor. Flacourtia ..."
2. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1813)
"Flacourtia. Gen. pi. 1546. MASC. CVz/. 5-partitus. Cor. 0. Stam. 50—100. FEM.
Cal. ... Shining-leaved Flacourtia. Nat. ot Madagascar. Introd. 1775, by Mons. ..."
3. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Joseph Paxton (1849)
"The TOMI-TOMI, or Unarmed Flacourtia is the Flacourtia inermis of authors, and
a native of the Molucca Islands, where it is very extensively cultivated for ..."
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