noun
type genus of Melastomataceae; Asiatic shrubs with leathery leaves and large purple flowers followed by edible fleshy black berries
• Syn: ↑genus Melastoma
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Melastomataceae, ↑family Melastomataceae, ↑Melastomaceae, ↑family Melastomaceae, ↑meadow-beauty family
Useful english dictionary. 2012.