genus flacourtia

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1. often spiny trees or shrubs of tropical Asia and Africa (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dilleniid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	batoko palm, flacourtia indica, governor plum, governor's plum, madagascar plum, ramontchi,
definition	:	small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family flacourtiaceae, flacourtia family, flacourtiaceae,
definition	:	chiefly tropical trees and shrubs (noun.plant)