Lexicographical Neighbors of Manchineels
Literary usage of Manchineels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays on Natural History, Chiefly Ornithology by Charles Waterton (1844)
"Ye powers of mastication ! what is to become of me ? who can escape from such
daily allurements ? such beautiful manchineels ? All, all are enticing me into ..."
2. Cornish Worthies: Sketches of Some Eminent Cornish Men and Families by Walter Hawken Tregellas (1884)
"... great bombax or cotton-trees sway to and fro, their thick foliage forming
clusters; manchineels, whose red blossoms set off the verdure; and finally the ..."
3. At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies by Charles Kingsley (1887)
"But right ahead, the dusty sides of the crater are covered Math strange bashes,
its glaring shingle spotted with bright green manchineels ; while on the ..."
4. Crusoe's Island: A Bird-hunter's Story by Frederick Albion Ober (1898)
"My peaceful life had now been invaded by real terrors; at the end of my beach
grew the odious manchineels; in front of it swam the man-eaters. ..."
5. The Philosophy of Nature; Or, The Influence of Scenery on the Mind and Heart by Charles Bucke (1813)
"... with natural groups of the noblest trees, much after the manner of an English
park. The forests abound in palms, in mahogany, manchineels and ..."
6. The Knockabout Club on the Spanish Main by Frederick Albion Ober (1891)
"The sand beneath the manchineels is strewn with yellow fruit, tempting to the
sight, but deadly to the taste. I have mentioned one style of fishing said to ..."
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