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CERIMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ceriman mean?
• CERIMAN (noun)
The noun CERIMAN has 2 senses:
1. tropical American vine having roots that hang like cords and cylindrical fruit with a pineapple and banana flavor
2. tropical cylindrical fruit resembling a pinecone with pineapple-banana flavor
Familiarity information: CERIMAN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American vine having roots that hang like cords and cylindrical fruit with a pineapple and banana flavor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
ceriman; Monstera deliciosa
Hypernyms ("ceriman" is a kind of...):
monstera (any plant of the genus Monstera; often grown as houseplants)
Meronyms (parts of "ceriman"):
ceriman; monstera (tropical cylindrical fruit resembling a pinecone with pineapple-banana flavor)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tropical cylindrical fruit resembling a pinecone with pineapple-banana flavor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
ceriman; monstera
Hypernyms ("ceriman" is a kind of...):
edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
Holonyms ("ceriman" is a part of...):
ceriman; Monstera deliciosa (tropical American vine having roots that hang like cords and cylindrical fruit with a pineapple and banana flavor)
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