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Spondias

noun

tropical trees having one-seeded fruit

• Syn: ↑genus Spondias

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Anacardiaceae, ↑family Anacardiaceae, ↑sumac family

• Member Meronyms:

↑hog plum, ↑yellow mombin, ↑yellow mombin tree, ↑Spondias mombin, ↑mombin, ↑mombin tree, ↑jocote, ↑Spondias purpurea

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\\ˈspändēˌas\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek spondias, spodias bullace

: a small genus of tropical trees (family Anacardiaceae) having pinnate leaves and small flowers in terminal panicles, a free ovary that becomes in fruit a fleshy drupe, and astringent leaves and bark — see ciruela, hog plum, mombin, otaheite apple

Useful english dictionary. 2012.