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genip

genip

9.9
A tropical tree that grows small round fruits with green skin and sweet, juicy flesh
  • noun
  • /ˈdʒɛnɪp/
  • Specialized
translation icon : genipero
  • The children eagerly collected genip from the tree during the summer harvest.

Examples

  • Vendors at the local market were selling bags of ripe genip along the roadside.

  • She made a delicious juice from fresh genip pulp.

  • I love eating genip during the summer.

  • The genip tree is found in tropical regions.

  • The children eagerly collected genip from the tree during the summer harvest.

  • Vendors at the local market were selling bags of ripe genip along the roadside.

  • She made a delicious juice from fresh genip pulp.

Synonyms

Melicocca bijugatus
vsgenip
  • Specialized
9.9

A tropical tree that makes small sweet green fruits people eat

is the everyday common name rather than the formal Latin species name
Melicocca bijuga
vsgenip
  • Specialized
9.9

A tropical tree that makes small sweet fruits with thick green skin and juicy pulp

is the everyday common name rather than a variant Latin form
ginep
vsgenip
  • US
9.9

A tropical American tree that has small sweet green fruits

is the standard common name used more widely rather than regional
mamoncillo
vsgenip
  • US
9.9

A small tropical tree that has sweet, juicy fruit with green skin

is the wider used common name rather than a local market term
Spanish lime
vsgenip
  • US
8.9

A tropical tree that has small green fruits with sweet juicy pulp

is the botanical Latin name rather than the everyday English label
Spanish lime tree
vsgenip
  • US
7.9

A tropical tree that produces small green fruits with sweet, juicy flesh

is the general name for the species without stressing the tree word
honey berry
vsgenip
  • US
9.3

A tropical American tree that bears small sweet juicy fruits with green skin

is the standard or widely accepted name rather than this regional variant

Surface Forms

genip singular
genips plural

Etymology

Genip comes from a local Caribbean and South American name for the tree and its fruit, later used in Spanish and Portuguese as 'jenipapo'. That's why genip can mean the tropical tree that makes the small, juicy fruit people collect and eat.