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CANISTEL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies

Synonyms:

canistel; eggfruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("canistel" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("canistel" is a part of...):

canistel; canistel tree; Pouteria campechiana nervosa (tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit

Synonyms:

canistel; canistel tree; Pouteria campechiana nervosa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("canistel" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "canistel"):

canistel; eggfruit (ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies)

Holonyms ("canistel" is a member of...):

genus Pouteria; Pouteria (tropical American timber tree with edible fruit (canistel))

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