spanish_lime (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the expression *Spanish lime*:
NOUN	plant	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
food	Spanish lime, genip	round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp

English > *Spanish lime*: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
Synonyms	Spanish lime tree, honey berry, mamoncillo, genip, ginep, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus
Member of	Melicoccus, genus Melicoccus, Melicocca, genus Melicocca	Tropical American trees and shrubs bearing berries
Parts	genip, Spanish lime	round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp
Broader	fruit tree	Tree bearing edible fruit
Spanish	ginep, mamoncillo, melicoccus bijugatus
Catalan	ginep, mamoncillo

English > *Spanish lime*: 2 senses > noun 2, food
Meaning	round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes.
Synonym	genip
Part of	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
Broader	edible fruit	edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh

HyperDic: spanish_lime