"African peach" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: African peaches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} African peach (plural African peaches)
  1. Nauclea latifolia) (syns. Sarcocephalus latifolius, Sarcocephalus esculentus), a deciduous rubiaceous climbing shrub of west tropical Africa, or its fruit. Categories (lifeform): Madder family plants Synonyms (Nauclea latifolia): Guinea peach, Sierra Leone peach, country fig, pincushion tree

Inflected forms

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