VANGUERIA INFAUSTA

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vangueria infausta mean? 

• VANGUERIA INFAUSTA (noun)
  The noun VANGUERIA INFAUSTA has 1 sense:

1. small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit

  Familiarity information: VANGUERIA INFAUSTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VANGUERIA INFAUSTA (noun)

Meaning:

Small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

medlar; Vangueria infausta; wild medlar; wild medlar tree

Hypernyms ("Vangueria infausta" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Meronyms (parts of "Vangueria infausta"):

medlar (a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet-acid taste)

Holonyms ("Vangueria infausta" is a member of...):

genus Vangueria; Vangueria (tropical African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having one-seeded fruit)