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Meaning of MELASTOMA

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  type genus of Melastomataceae; Asiatic shrubs with leathery leaves and large purple flowers followed by edible fleshy black berries
 
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 Synonyms: genus Melastoma
 
 See Also: family Melastomaceae, family Melastomataceae, meadow-beauty family, Melastomaceae, Melastomataceae, rosid dicot genus

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Me*las"to*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`las black + ?
mouth.] (Bot.)
A genus of evergreen tropical shrubs; -- so called from the
black berries of some species, which stain the mouth.
 

 

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