ilama tree
- noun
- /ˈɪləmə tri/
- US
:
árbol de ilama
- During the harvest season, the ilama tree produces fruit with a sweet and creamy flavor.
Examples
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The ilama tree thrives best in warm, tropical climates with well-drained soil.
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We planted an ilama tree in our backyard to enjoy its unique fruit.
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The ilama tree produces sweet fruit.
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I saw an ilama tree in Florida.
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The ilama tree produces large, whitish fruit that is both sweet and creamy.
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In warm gardens, the ilama tree can be seen bearing delicious fruit every summer.
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To enjoy the rich taste of its fruit, we decided to grow an ilama tree in our yard.
Synonyms
A tropical tree grown for its sweet white fruit with a pink tinge
A tropical tree from Central America and southern United States that produces sweet whitish-pink fruit called ilama
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward noun–noun compound: 'ilama' names the species and 'tree' indicates the category, so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes the tropical tree that bears ilama fruit. The compositional plant-naming pattern is common cross-linguistically, making the meaning immediately derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Ilama tree may come from a native Central American word for the soft, sweet fruit it makes. People used the fruit name ilama and the word tree for the plant, so calling the plant the ilama tree simply means 'the tree that gives the ilama fruit'.
