brush cherry

noun

1

: a small Australian tree (Syzygium paniculatum synonym Eugenia myrtifolia of the family Myrtaceae) with white flowers and glossy green leaves that are bronze-red when young

also : its small red cherrylike fruit

2

: scrub cherry

3

: tree heath sense 2

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