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red stopper

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: a small tree (Eugenia rhombea) of southern Florida and the West Indies having white flowers and orange or blackish fruit

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“Red stopper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20stopper. Accessed 18 Sep. 2021.

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