| Noun | 1. | genus Muntingia - one species: Jamaican cherry; sometimes placed in family Flacourtiaceae dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs Elaeocarpaceae, elaeocarpus family, family Elaeocarpaceae - genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae calabur tree, calabura, Jamaican cherry, Muntingia calabura, silk wood, silkwood - 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 |