GENIPA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genipa mean? 

• GENIPA (noun)
  The noun GENIPA has 1 sense:

1. any tree of the genus Genipa bearing yellow flowers and edible fruit with a thick rind

  Familiarity information: GENIPA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENIPA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any tree of the genus Genipa bearing yellow flowers and edible fruit with a thick rind

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Nouns denoting plants

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

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "genipa"):

Genipa Americana; genipap fruit; jagua; marmalade box (tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit)

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

genus Genipa (tropical American evergreen trees or shrubs bearing yellow flowers and succulent edible fruit with a thick rind)