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Definition of Melicoccus
1. Noun. Tropical American trees and shrubs bearing berries.
Exact synonyms: Genus Melicocca, Genus Melicoccus, Melicocca
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Sapindaceae, Sapindaceae, Soapberry Family
Member holonyms: Genip, Ginep, Honey Berry, Mamoncillo, Melicocca Bijuga, Melicocca Bijugatus, Spanish Lime, Spanish Lime Tree
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Sapindaceae, Sapindaceae, Soapberry Family
Member holonyms: Genip, Ginep, Honey Berry, Mamoncillo, Melicocca Bijuga, Melicocca Bijugatus, Spanish Lime, Spanish Lime Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melicoccus
Literary usage of Melicoccus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hortus Jamaicensis, Or, A Botanical Description, (according to the Linnean by John Lunan (1814)
"... nectareous glands, which adhered together as in the melicoccus. From the margin
of each gland arose ..."
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