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CANISTEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does canistel mean?
• CANISTEL (noun)
The noun CANISTEL has 2 senses:
1. tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit
2. ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies
Familiarity information: CANISTEL used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
canistel; canistel tree; Pouteria campechiana nervosa
Hypernyms ("canistel" is a kind of...):
fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)
Meronyms (parts of "canistel"):
canistel; eggfruit (ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies)
Holonyms ("canistel" is a member of...):
genus Pouteria; Pouteria (tropical American timber tree with edible fruit (canistel))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
canistel; eggfruit
Hypernyms ("canistel" is a kind of...):
edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
Holonyms ("canistel" is a part of...):
canistel; canistel tree; Pouteria campechiana nervosa (tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit)
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