noun
deciduous or evergreen American shrubs small trees having very hard wood and milky latex
• Syn: ↑genus Bumelia
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sapotaceae, ↑family Sapotaceae, ↑sapodilla family
• Member Meronyms: ↑buckthorn
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\\byüˈmēlēa\ noun1. capitalized : a genus of tough spiny American trees and shrubs (family Sapotaceae) that bear edible berries
Useful english dictionary. 2012.