Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A tree, scientific name Melicoccus bijugatus, of the Sapindaceae family, native to Central and South America.
- n. The fruit from the longan tree.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A tropical American tree (Melicocca bijuga, or Melicocca bijugatus) bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
WordNet 3.0
- n. tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp
Etymologies
- From Spanish (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Piragua* the other night," "don't go by Zapata and G where you might be assaulted," "a former policeman killed a child for stealing mamoncillo fruit," "don't even think of going to Central Havana after ten.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mamoncillo’.
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Exotic Fruits
List naming fruits found in foreign markets and lands that are seldom seen or heard of in America.
durian, ababai, cornelian cherry, sloe, ackee, Adam's fig, apple cactus, pitahaya, dragon fruit, pitaya, asam gelugor, tamarind and 347 more...
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Open List: Greens
A lits of greens: cooked leafy vegetables; pigments, paint names, compound words, etc; words and phrases that pertain to or contain "green". Please add your favorites!
See this list f...greenery, collard greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, green shoots, viridian green, malachite green, sap green, green grocer, radish greens, beet greens, spring green and 282 more...
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berry neat
very nice enticing, berrilicious words
bearberry, sugarberry, jamberry, checkerberry, foxberry, farkleberry, spiceberry, inkberry, crowberry, wolfberry, thimbleberry, aleberry and 69 more...
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