Vangueria van·gue·ria uncommon noun 1. tropical African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having one-seeded fruit Synonymsgenus Vangueria Related words Word family Vangueria infaustaVangueria madagascariensis Broader terms asterid dicot genus Parts Rubiaceae Part of wild medlarSpanish tamarind WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.