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Jambos

noun

used in some classifications for rose apples (Eugenia jambos)

• Syn: ↑genus Jambos

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Myrtaceae, ↑family Myrtaceae, ↑myrtle family

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/jam"bos, -bohs/, n.

See rose apple.

[ < NL, var. of jambosa < E jamb(o) rose apple ( < Hindi jambu, jambu < Skt) + L (r)osa ROSE¹]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.