calabur tree

noun

A tree (Muntingia calabura) native to the New World tropics, now widely cultivated, with ornamental, economic, and environmental uses.

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capulinJamaica cherryPanama berrystrawberry treeornamental cherryjamfruit treeSingapore cherryWest Indian cherry
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Meanings

nouncalabur tree (plural calabur trees)

plural calabur trees

  1. A tree (Muntingia calabura) native to the New World tropics, now widely cultivated, with ornamental, economic, and environmental uses.

    Synonyms: capulin, Jamaica cherry, Panama berry, strawberry tree, ornamental cherry, jamfruit tree, Singapore cherry, West Indian cherry

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA tree (Muntingia calabura) native to the New World tropics, now widely cultivated, with ornamental, economic, and environmental uses.

Similar
capulinJamaica cherryPanama berrystrawberry treeornamental cherryjamfruit treeSingapore cherryWest Indian cherry

More synonyms by meaning

nouna fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and fleshy edible fruit; a bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves

Similar
Jamaican cherrycalaburasilk woodsilkwoodMuntingia calabura
Broader
tree
Also see
silkwood

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Polish rozcięg
  • rozcięgMuntingia calabura
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calabur tree,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calabur%20tree.

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