melastoma

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melastoma(n = noun.plant) genus melastoma - type genus of Melastomataceae; Asiatic shrubs with leathery leaves and large purple flowers followed by edible fleshy black berries; Array

is a kind of rosid dicot genus

is a member of family melastomaceae, family melastomataceae, meadow-beauty family, melastomaceae, melastomataceae

melastoma, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`las black + sto`ma mouth.].

A genus of evergreen tropical shrubs; -- so called from the black berries of some species, which stain the mouth. [1913 Webster]

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