HyperDic: genus_melicoccus

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Melicoccus:
NOUNplantgenus Melicoccus, Melicoccus, Melicocca, genus Melicoccatropical American trees and shrubs bearing berries
English > genus Melicoccus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTropical American trees and shrubs bearing berries.
SynonymsMelicoccus, Melicocca, genus Melicocca
Member ofSapindaceae, family Sapindaceae, soapberry familychiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh
MembersSpanish lime, Spanish lime tree, honey berry, mamoncillo, genip, ginep, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatusTropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgenus melicocca, genus melicoccus, melicocca, melicoccus
Catalangenus melicocca, genus melicoccus, melicocca, melicoccus

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