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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Melastoma

· Me·las·to·ma · IPA
01 n. A genus of evergreen tropical shrubs; -- so called from the black berries of some species, which stain the mouth.
  1. 1.
    A genus of evergreen tropical shrubs; -- so called from the black berries of some species, which stain the mouth.(Bot.)