English > Melicoccus: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | Tropical American trees and shrubs bearing berries. |
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Synonyms | genus Melicoccus, Melicocca, genus Melicocca |
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Member of | Sapindaceae, family Sapindaceae, soapberry family | chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh |
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Members | Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree, honey berry, mamoncillo, genip, ginep, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus | Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp |
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Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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Spanish | genus melicocca, genus melicoccus, melicocca, melicoccus |
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Catalan | genus melicocca, genus melicoccus, melicocca, melicoccus |
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