GENIP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does genip mean? 

• GENIP (noun)
  The noun GENIP has 2 senses:

1. tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp

2. round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes

  Familiarity information: GENIP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genip; ginep; honey berry; mamoncillo; Melicocca bijuga; Melicocca bijugatus; Spanish lime; Spanish lime tree

Hypernyms ("genip" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "genip"):

genip; Spanish lime (round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes)

Holonyms ("genip" is a member of...):

genus Melicocca; genus Melicoccus; Melicocca; Melicoccus (tropical American trees and shrubs bearing berries)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

genip; Spanish lime

Hypernyms ("genip" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("genip" is a part of...):

genip; ginep; honey berry; mamoncillo; Melicocca bijuga; Melicocca bijugatus; Spanish lime; Spanish lime tree (tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp)