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Bumelia
see synonyms of bumeliaNoun
1. bumelia, genus bumelia
deciduous or evergreen American shrubs small trees having very hard wood and milky latex
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Bumelia
see synonyms of bumelianoun
a thorny shrub of the genus Bumelia
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Bumelia
see synonyms of bumelian.
Any of several often thorny North American trees or shrubs of the genus Sideroxylon (formerly Bumelia), especially S. lanuginosum or S. lycioides of the southern United States, having very hard wood and black fleshy fruit. Also called buckthorn, shittimwood.
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