MELASTOMA

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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:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Melastoma" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Holonyms ("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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