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genip
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun genip has 2 senses
- genip(n = noun.plant) 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; Array has parts: genip, spanish lime
- genip(n = noun.food) spanish lime - round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes; Array is a kind of edible fruit
is a kind of fruit tree
is a member of genus melicocca, genus melicoccus, melicocca, melicoccus
is a part of genip, ginep, honey berry, mamoncillo, melicocca bijuga, melicocca bijugatus, spanish lime, spanish lime tree
CIDE DICTIONARY
genip, n.
- Any tree or shrub of the genus
Genipa . [Webster 1913 Suppl.] - The West Indian sapindaceous tree
Melicocca bijuga , which yields the honeyberry; also, the related treesExothea paniculata andE. trifoliata ; called alsoginep . [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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