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Definition of Chrysobalanus
1. Noun. Coco plums.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, Rose Family
Member holonyms: Chrysobalanus Icaco, Coco Plum, Coco Plum Tree, Cocoa Plum, Icaco
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrysobalanus
Literary usage of Chrysobalanus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"Chrysobalanus icoca, Linn., West Indian icoca plum, "golden plum or COCHS plum"
called "icoca" in tropical America and ..."
2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1907)
"This species as it occurs in Florida is strongly contrasted with Chrysobalanus
Icaco L. The plants of the latter species are mainly confined to the sand ..."
3. The Bahama Islands by George Burbank Shattuck (1905)
"... feet wide and is composed almost entirely of the two species of Chrysobalanus
... Chrysobalanus icaco L., which for long distances may be entirely pure. ..."
4. Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) by Charles Sprague Sargent (1905)
"Chrysobalanus, L. Trees or shrubs, with stout branchlets covered ... Chrysobalanus
is represented in the south Atlantic states by a shrubby species confined ..."
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