Definitions for jamaican cherry

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  1. Jamaican cherry, calabur tree, calabura, silk wood, silkwood, Muntingia calabura(noun)

    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


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