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Definition of Spondias mombin
1. Noun. Tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit.
Terms within: Hog Plum, Yellow Mombin
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
Group relationships: Genus Spondias, Spondias
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spondias Mombin
Literary usage of Spondias mombin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits: Excluding the Banana, Coconut by Wilson Popenoe (1920)
"THE RED MOMBIN (Plate VII) (Spondias mombin, L.) No other species of Spondias is
so extensively used in tropical America as this. ..."
2. A Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia:: Being a Treatise on Pharmacology in by Samuel Frederick Gray (1821)
"... has the qualities of simarouba; root astringent. BURSERA ORIENTALIS. Also yields
a tonic styptic resin. Spondias mombin. Fruit acid, refreshing. MOMBIN. ..."
3. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1890)
"Spondias mombin.—This yields an eatable fruit called hog plum in the West Indies.
The taste is said to be peculiar, and not very agreeable to strangers. ..."
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