genus melastoma

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   type genus of Melastomataceae; Asiatic shrubs with leathery leaves and large purple flowers followed by edible fleshy black berries

   SynonymsMelastoma

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofMelastomataceae

Questions about genus melastoma

What does genus melastoma mean?

genus melastoma means "type genus of Melastomataceae; Asiatic shrubs with leathery leaves and large purple flowers followed by edible fleshy black berries".

What is another word for genus melastoma?

Close synonyms include Melastoma. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus melastoma a common word?

genus melastoma is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.