CANISTEL TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does canistel tree mean? 

• CANISTEL TREE (noun)
  The noun CANISTEL TREE has 1 sense:

1. tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit

  Familiarity information: CANISTEL TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANISTEL TREE (noun)

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 tree" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "canistel tree"):

canistel; eggfruit (ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies)

Holonyms ("canistel tree" is a member of...):

genus Pouteria; Pouteria (tropical American timber tree with edible fruit (canistel))