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FLACOURTIA INDICA
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I. (noun)
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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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Hypernyms ("Flacourtia indica" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Flacourtia indica" is a member of...):
Flacourtia; genus Flacourtia (often spiny trees or shrubs of tropical Asia and Africa)