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YELLOW MOMBIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow mombin mean?
• YELLOW MOMBIN (noun)
The noun YELLOW MOMBIN has 2 senses:
1. tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit
Familiarity information: YELLOW MOMBIN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
hog plum; Spondias mombin; yellow mombin; yellow mombin tree
Hypernyms ("yellow mombin" is a kind of...):
fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)
Meronyms (parts of "yellow mombin"):
hog plum; yellow mombin (yellow oval tropical fruit)
Holonyms ("yellow mombin" is a member of...):
genus Spondias; Spondias (tropical trees having one-seeded fruit)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Yellow oval tropical fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
hog plum; yellow mombin
Hypernyms ("yellow mombin" is a kind of...):
edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
Holonyms ("yellow mombin" is a part of...):
hog plum; Spondias mombin; yellow mombin; yellow mombin tree (tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit)
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