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Answer for the clue "A genus of tropical and subtropical Old World climbers or shrubs or trees ", 6 letters:
grewia

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The large flowering plant genus Grewia is today placed by most authors in the mallow family Malvaceae , in the expanded sense as proposed by in the APG . Formerly, it was placed in either the linden family ( Tiliaceae ) or the Sparrmanniaceae . However, ...

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Their unglamorous scavenging in the acacia grove and elsewhere had been successful today, and their bellies, and those of their children, were already full of figs, grewia berries, grass shoots, roots—fruits abundant in these dry lands that did not require much preparation before eating.