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GENUS MELASTOMA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of Melastomataceae; Asiatic shrubs with leathery leaves and large purple flowers followed by edible fleshy black berries
Synonyms:
genus Melastoma; Melastoma
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Melastoma" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Holonyms ("genus Melastoma" is a member of...):
family Melastomaceae; family Melastomataceae; meadow-beauty family; Melastomaceae; Melastomataceae (a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals)
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