Melicocca


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Noun1.Melicocca - tropical American trees and shrubs bearing berriesMelicocca - tropical American trees and shrubs bearing berries
dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
family Sapindaceae, Sapindaceae, soapberry family - chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins
genip, ginep, honey berry, mamoncillo, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus, Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree - tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp
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(2006) also note that recorded hosts of Cuban laurel thrips from Florida include: "Codiaeum variegatum, Melicocca bijuga, Nicotiana tabacum, Viburnum suspensum, and Citrus sp.
daemoniaca visita las siguientes plantas: Impatiens balsamina, Elaeis oleifera, Melicocca bijuga y Vernonia brachiata (Compositae).