MADAGASCAR PLUM

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Meaning:

Small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums

Synonyms:

batoko palm; Flacourtia indica; governor's plum; governor plum; Madagascar plum; ramontchi

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Madagascar plum" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Madagascar plum" is a member of...):

Flacourtia; genus Flacourtia (often spiny trees or shrubs of tropical Asia and Africa)

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