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Definition of Calabura
1. Noun. 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.
Exact synonyms: Calabur Tree, Jamaican Cherry, Muntingia Calabura, Silk Wood, Silkwood
Group relationships: Genus Muntingia, Muntingia
Generic synonyms: Tree
Group relationships: Genus Muntingia, Muntingia
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calabura
Literary usage of Calabura
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture \ by Peter Henderson (1910)
"M. calabura, the only described species, is a handsome small evergreen shrub,
with white flowers resembling ..."
2. The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with (1845)
"159—On Coast of Spain, struck on a " bed of rocks " at calabura, about 20' W.
of Malaga. 161—British Queen stopping by her to receive the crew. ..."
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