Genipa americana
- noun
- Specialized
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genipa americana
- The fruit of the Genipa americana is often used to make jams and beverages in South America.
Examples
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Many gardens in the Caribbean feature the Genipa americana for its attractive flowers and edible fruit.
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Researchers are studying the medicinal properties of extracts from the Genipa americana tree.
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Look at that Genipa americana!
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The Genipa americana is amazing!
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Many gardens in the Caribbean feature the Genipa americana for its attractive flowers and edible fruit.
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The fruit of the Genipa americana is often used to make jams and beverages in South America.
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Researchers are studying the medicinal properties of extracts from the Genipa americana tree.
Synonyms
A tree from the West Indies and northern South America that makes orange-sized juicy fruit
A tree from the Caribbean and northern South America that bears large, orange-sized edible fruit
A tropical tree that has yellow flowers and large edible fruit with a thick skin
Surface Forms
Morphology
genipa + americana
This is a Latin binomial composed of the genus name 'Genipa' (a tropical tree) and the epithet 'americana' which signals origin ('of America'); a learner who knows 'genipa' and recognizes 'americana' as indicating American origin can infer it denotes the American/West Indian Genipa tree. Scientific naming is a productive, cross-linguistic compositional pattern, so the overall meaning is directly derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Genipa americana may come from a native South American word like 'jenipapo' for the fruit, because the fruit makes a dark juice people long used as a 'dye' to color skin and cloth. The first part Genipa points to that fruit and the second part americana means 'from the Americas', so the name helps you remember it as a dyeing fruit from the Americas.
