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Webster 1913 Edition

Melastoma

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Me-las′to-ma

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

μέλασ

black +

στόμα

mouth.]

(Bot.)

A genus of evergreen tropical shrubs; – so called from the black berries of some species, which stain the mouth.

Definition 2024

melastoma

melastoma

See also: Melastoma

English

Noun

melastoma ‎(plural melastomas)

(botany) Any of the genus Melastoma of flowering plants.