What is "calabura"

calabura \calabura\ n. a fast-growing tropical American evergreen ( Muntingia calabura) having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves.

Syn: Jamaican cherry, calabur tree, silkwood. [WordNet 1.5] ||

n. a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves [syn: Jamaican cherry, calabur tree, silk wood, silkwood, Muntingia calabura]