ginep
- noun
- /ˈdʒɪnɛp/
- US
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ginep
- Street vendors sell fresh ginep by the bag at markets throughout the Caribbean.
Examples
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We picked ripe gineps from the tree during our summer visit.
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I love eating ginep during the summer.
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She loved the tangy flavor of ginep whenever it was in season.
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Have you ever tried gineps before?
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Street vendors sell fresh ginep by the bag at markets throughout the Caribbean.
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She loved the tangy flavor of ginep whenever it was in season.
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We picked ripe ginep from the tree during our summer visit.
Synonyms
A tropical tree that makes small sweet green fruits people eat
A small tropical tree that has sweet, juicy fruit with green skin
A tropical tree that has small green fruits with sweet juicy pulp
A tropical tree that grows small round fruits with green skin and sweet, juicy flesh
A tropical tree that makes small sweet fruits with thick green skin and juicy pulp
A tropical American tree that bears small sweet juicy fruits with green skin
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ginep comes from Caribbean Spanish and before that from the Indigenous Taíno word for the same fruit, so English kept the local name. That makes a good memory: ginep is the 'small, green, sweet tropical fruit' you find in the Caribbean.
