mamoncillo

mamoncillo
noun
tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp
Syn:
Hypernyms: ↑fruit tree
Member Holonyms: ↑Melicoccus, ↑genus Melicoccus, ↑Melicocca, ↑genus Melicocca
Part Meronyms: ↑genip, ↑Spanish lime

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\\ˌmämənˈsē(ˌ)(y)ō\ noun (-s)
Etymology: American Spanish, diminutive of Spanish mamón mamoncillo, probably from a native name in Venezuela
: genip 2

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/mah'meuhn see"oh/; Sp. /mah'mawn see"yaw/, n., pl. mamoncillos /-see"ohz/; Sp. /-see"yaws/.
the genip, Melicoccus bijugatus.
[ < AmerSp, dim. of mamón, of uncert. orig.]

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  • mamoncillo — n. A tropical American tree ({Melicocca bijuga}, or {Melicocca bijugatus}) bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp. Syn: Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree, honey berry, genip, ginep, {Melicocca bijuga} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mamoncillo — mamoncillo. m. Cuba. Árbol de la familia de las Sapindáceas, muy corpulento, de copa ancha y frondosa, hojas alternas, fruto pequeño, redondo, de cáscara dura y pulpa jugosa, comestible. || 2. Cuba. Fruto de este árbol …   Enciclopedia Universal

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  • Mamoncillo — taxobox name = Mamoncillo image caption = Mamoncillo leaf and fruit regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots unranked ordo = Rosids ordo = Sapindales familia = Sapindaceae genus = Melicoccus species = M.… …   Wikipedia

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  • mamoncillo — /mah meuhn see oh/; Sp. /mah mawn see yaw/, n., pl. mamoncillos / see ohz/; Sp. / see yaws/. the genip, Melicoccus bijugatus. [ < AmerSp, dim. of mamón, of uncert. orig.] * * * …   Universalium

  • mamoncillo — noun a) A tree, scientific name Melicoccus bijugatus, of the Sapindaceae family, native to Central and South America. b) The fruit from the longan tree. Syn: chenet, guaya, genip, ginep, ginnip, gnep, guinep, quenepa, limoncillo, Spanish lime …   Wiktionary

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  • mamoncillo — ma·mon·ci·llo …   English syllables

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