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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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]


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]