genus blighia
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1. small genus of western African evergreen trees and shrubs bearing fleshy capsular three-seeded fruits edible when neither unripe nor overripe (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus, |
| definition | : | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | akee, akee tree, blighia sapida, |
| definition | : | widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in Jamaica by William Bligh (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | family sapindaceae, sapindaceae, soapberry family, |
| definition | : | chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins (noun.plant) |
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