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canistel

noun

1. tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit

• Syn: ↑canistel tree, ↑Pouteria campechiana nervosa

• Hypernyms: ↑fruit tree

• Member Holonyms: ↑Pouteria, ↑genus Pouteria

• Part Meronyms: ↑eggfruit

2. ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies

• Syn: ↑eggfruit

• Hypernyms: ↑edible fruit

• Part Holonyms: ↑canistel tree, ↑Pouteria campechiana nervosa

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\\|kanə|stel\ noun (-s)

Etymology: American Spanish canistel, canisté

: the ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of a tropical tree (Pouteria campechiana var. nervosa) of Florida and the West Indies — called also eggfruit

Useful english dictionary. 2012.