Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
manchineel .
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Examples
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It is not permitted to fall asleep, either in the shadow of a machineel tree, nor in the shadow of an army.
Les Miserables 2008
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The dark machineel with its deadly fruit, the trailing vines on the tamarind trees, the monkeys leaping, chattering with terror, through flaming hybiscus and masses of orchid, the white volcanic rock, the long torn leaves of the banana tree, the abrupt declines, crimson with wild strawberries, the loud boom of the sunset gun from Brimstone Hill -- Rachael never forgot a detail of that last walk with her old friend.
The Conqueror Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton 1902
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It is not permitted to fall asleep, either in the shadow of a machineel tree, nor in the shadow of an army.
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Mixed with cordials, it is used as an antidote to the machineel poison.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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Mixed with cordials, it is used as an antidote to the machineel poison.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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It is not permitted to fall asleep, either in the shadow of a machineel tree, nor in the shadow of an army.
Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843
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