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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and fleshy edible fruit; a bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

calabur treecalaburajamaican cherryjamaican cherrymuntingia calaburasilk wood

Etymology

Probably an English habitational surname, even though it does not appear in present-day English records.

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