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Vangueria

noun

tropical African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having one-seeded fruit

• Syn: ↑genus Vangueria

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Rubiaceae, ↑family Rubiaceae, ↑madder family

• Member Meronyms: ↑wild medlar, ↑wild medlar tree, ↑medlar, ↑Vangueria infausta, ↑Spanish tamarind, ↑Vangueria madagascariensis

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\\vanˈg(w)irēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Malagasy voa-vanguer, a tree of the genus + New Latin -ia

: a genus of tropical African and Asiatic trees or shrubs (family Rubiaceae) having axillary clusters of small whitish flowers with five stamens and a 3- to 5-celled ovary and drupaceous fruit

Useful english dictionary. 2012.