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Definition of Genip
1. Noun. Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
Terms within: Spanish Lime
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
Group relationships: Genus Melicocca, Genus Melicoccus, Melicocca, Melicoccus
2. Noun. Round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes.
Generic synonyms: Edible Fruit
Group relationships: Ginep, Honey Berry, Mamoncillo, Melicocca Bijuga, Melicocca Bijugatus, Spanish Lime, Spanish Lime Tree
Definition of Genip
1. n. Any tree or shrub of the genus Genipa.
Definition of Genip
1. a tropical tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genip
Literary usage of Genip
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"This is very prominent in the genip. Some are very acid, while others are
deliciously sweet. This variation, as shown in seedlings, is fully sufficient to ..."
2. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"genipA, L. genip tree. - Rubiaceae. Name from vernacular, West Indies. Trees with
succulent fruit. About ]0 species, mostly of tropical America; 1 in US a. ..."
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