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GENIPAP FRUIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genipap fruit mean?
• GENIPAP FRUIT (noun)
The noun GENIPAP FRUIT has 2 senses:
1. tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit
2. a succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind
Familiarity information: GENIPAP FRUIT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Genipa Americana; genipap fruit; jagua; marmalade box
Hypernyms ("genipap fruit" is a kind of...):
genipa (any tree of the genus Genipa bearing yellow flowers and edible fruit with a thick rind)
Meronyms (parts of "genipap fruit"):
genipap; genipap fruit (a succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind)
Holonyms ("genipap fruit" is a member of...):
genus Genipa (tropical American evergreen trees or shrubs bearing yellow flowers and succulent edible fruit with a thick rind)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
genipap; genipap fruit
Hypernyms ("genipap fruit" is a kind of...):
edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
Holonyms ("genipap fruit" is a part of...):
Genipa Americana; genipap fruit; jagua; marmalade box (tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit)
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