MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM

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Meaning:

Evergreen spreading shrub of India and southeastern Asia having large purple flowers

Synonyms:

Indian rhododendron; Melastoma malabathricum

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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