Guiana plum
nounDefinition of Guiana plum
1
: any of several tropical American shrubs or small trees of the genus Drypetes (family Euphorbiaceae)
especially
: a shrubby tree (D. lateriflora) whose range extends northward into southern Florida
— called also
Florida plum
2 : the usually reddish rather dry drupaceous fruit of a Guiana plum
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