lanseh tree

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A tree in Southeast Asia that produces sweet yellow berries

noun

Indian

: árbol de lanseh

The lanseh tree produces delicious yellow berries.

Examples

We sampled the sweet, yellow berries from a lanseh tree while traveling in Indonesia.
The lanseh tree produces fruit that is popular in many Southeast Asian markets.
Farmers carefully tend to the lanseh tree during the fruiting season.
Many farmers in India cultivate the lanseh tree.
During our trip to Malaysia, we picked fresh fruit from a local lanseh tree that was bursting with yellow berries.
The sweet yellow berries of the lanseh tree are often used in traditional desserts in Southeast Asia.
In tropical gardens, the lanseh tree is prized for its abundant and tasty fruit.

Synonyms

langset

vslanseh tree

Indian

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A tree from India that produces an edible yellow berry

has identical meaning but appears as a different written form

Lansium domesticum

vslanseh tree

Specialized

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A tropical tree that makes small yellow fruit called langsat

is associated with East Indian origin rather than Southeast Asian

langsat

vslanseh tree

Indian

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A tropical tree that produces small yellow fruits with sweet, slightly sour flesh

is a different species without emphasis on sweet sour pulp

Surface Forms

lanseh tree singular

lanseh trees plural

Morphology

lanseh + tree

The phrase follows a straightforward modifier + noun pattern: 'lanseh' names the species and 'tree' denotes a type of plant, so the meaning is a tree of the lanseh variety. Although 'lanseh' is a rare/specific species name, this compositional structure is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would infer it denotes a particular kind of tree.

Etymology

Lanseh tree may come from a local Southeast Asian word lanseh for the small, sweet fruit people sold. So the plant became known as the lanseh tree, which is why the name means 'a tree that bears edible yellow berries'.