Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A tropical American evergreen shrub or small tree (Chrysobalanus icaco) having sweet pink to purple fruit used to make jellies and preserves.
  • noun The fruit of this plant.

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  • noun plum-shaped whitish to almost black fruit used for preserves; tropical American
  • noun small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Alteration of Spanish icaco, from Arawak ikaku.]

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