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. Synonyms: calabur tree, calabura, Muntingia calabura, silk wood, silkwood.
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Words linked to "Jamaican cherry" : Muntingia, tree, genus Muntingia |
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