calabura

• Árbol tropical americano de hoja perenne y crecimiento rápido, de flores blancas y frutos blancos comestibles, cuya corteza produce una fibra sedosa utilizada para hacer cuerdas y cuya madera es apreciada para duelas.

A noun referring to a fast-growing tropical American evergreen tree with white flowers and edible white fruit, whose bark yields a silky fiber used for cordage and whose wood is valued for staves.

1. Tropical treeC2formal

   A fast-growing tropical American evergreen tree with white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; its bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and its wood is valuable for staves.

   árbol de calabura

   • The calabura tree is commonly found in tropical regions of the Americas.
   • Farmers harvest the sweet, white fruit of the calabura for local markets.
   • The bark of the calabura is processed to make strong, silky cordage.

   Sinónimosstrawberry tree