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YELLOW MOMBIN TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow mombin tree mean? 

YELLOW MOMBIN TREE (noun)
  The noun YELLOW MOMBIN TREE has 1 sense:

1. tropical American tree having edible yellow fruitplay

  Familiarity information: YELLOW MOMBIN TREE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


YELLOW MOMBIN TREE (noun)


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 tree" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "yellow mombin tree"):

hog plum; yellow mombin (yellow oval tropical fruit)

Holonyms ("yellow mombin tree" is a member of...):

genus Spondias; Spondias (tropical trees having one-seeded fruit)


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