About The Word Melastoma
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Melastoma
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What's The Definition Of Melastoma?
[n] type genus of Melastomataceae; Asiatic shrubs with leathery leaves and large purple flowers followed by edible fleshy black berries
Synonyms | Synonyms for Melastoma: genus Melastoma Related Terms | Find terms related to Melastoma: See Also | family Melastomaceae | family Melastomataceae | meadow-beauty family | Melastomaceae | Melastomataceae | rosid dicot genus Melastoma In Webster's Dictionary \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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