[syn: genip, Spanish lime]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Genip \Gen"ip\, n., or Genip tree \Genip tree\
1. Any tree or shrub of the genus Genipa.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. The West Indian sapindaceous tree Melicocca bijuga,
which yields the honeyberry; also, the related trees
Exothea paniculata and E. trifoliata; called also
ginep.
Syn: Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree, honey berry,
mamoncillo, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
ginep \ginep\ n.
A tropical American tree (Melicocca bijuga) bearing a small
edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy
translucent pulp. [Also spelled genip.]
Syn: Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree, honey berry,
mamoncillo, Melicocca bijuga, Melicoccus bijugatus.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genip
n 1: tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with
green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp [syn:
Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree, honey berry,
mamoncillo, genip, ginep, Melicocca bijuga,
Melicocca bijugatus]
2: round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and
sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes [syn:
genip, Spanish lime]