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Definition of Melastoma
1. Noun. Type genus of Melastomataceae; Asiatic shrubs with leathery leaves and large purple flowers followed by edible fleshy black berries.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Melastomaceae, Family Melastomataceae, Meadow-beauty Family, Melastomaceae, Melastomataceae
Definition of Melastoma
1. n. A genus of evergreen tropical shrubs; -- so called from the black berries of some species, which stain the mouth.
Medical Definition of Melastoma
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Melastoma
Literary usage of Melastoma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1877)
"Pricking heat, numbness and burning of the skin of the face, arms, shoulders,
and breasts, soon,9. . melastoma. melastoma ..."
2. Sweet's Hortus Britannicus: Or, a Catalogue of All the Plants Indigenous Or by Robert Sweet, George Don (1839)
"(re) sessile-flowered Guiana melastoma rubra Bonpl. mel. t. 39. ... (to*)
Fothergill's Trinidad 1815 Sh Bonpl. met L ; melastoma ..."
3. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1857)
"A very pretty melastoma, of a neat and bushy habit, with very dark green leaves,
and terminal heads of white flowers. It was discovered long ago by ..."
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