Calabura

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  calabura \calabura\ n.
     a fast-growing tropical American evergreen ({Muntingia
     calabura}) having white flowers and white fleshy edible
     fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is
     valuable for staves.
  


     Syn: Jamaican cherry, calabur tree, silkwood.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  calabura
       n : 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 [syn: {Jamaican cherry}, {calabur tree}, {silk
           wood}, {silkwood}, {Muntingia calabura}]