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Definition of Caimito
1. Noun. Evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides.
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
Group relationships: Chrysophyllum, Genus Chrysophyllum
Definition of Caimito
1. Noun. star fruit ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caimito
Literary usage of Caimito
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report of the Isthmian Canal Commission by Isthmian Canal Commission (U.S.), United States President (1901-1909 : Roosevelt), Canal Zone Governor (1910)
"Steam-shovel work at this locality will be completed by the close of the month
of July, 1910. caimito. Excavation at caimito was begun October 1, 1907, ..."
2. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1846)
"From the month of the caimito, on the Pacific Ocean, to the embouchure of the
Chagres on the Atlantic, the distance is hut 3G miles ; but the minimum width ..."
3. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Mines (1915)
"The caimito formation, which overlies the Emperador limestone, consists of three
members, as follows: (a) A basal light-gray, soft, argillaceous, ..."
4. Some Engineering Problems of the Panama Canal in Their Relation to Geology by Donald Francis MacDonald (1915)
"The caimito formation, which overlies the Emperador limestone, consists of three
members, as follows: (a) A basal light-gray, soft, argillaceous, ..."
5. Some Engineering Problems of the Panama Canal in Their Relation to Geology by Donald Francis MacDonald (1915)
"The caimito formation, which overlies the Emperador limestone, consists of three
members, as follows: (a) A basal light-gray, soft, argillaceous, ..."
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