mamoncillo
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish mamoncillo.
Noun
[edit]mamoncillo (plural mamoncillos)
- Melicoccus bijugatus, a tree of the Sapindaceae family, native to Central and South America.
- The small, green, tangy, oval fruit of the mamoncillo tree.
Synonyms
[edit]- chenet, guaya, genip, ginep, ginnip, gnep, guinep, quenepa, limoncillo, Spanish lime
Translations
[edit]Meliococcus bijugatus
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
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- Syllabification: ma‧mon‧ci‧llo
Noun
[edit]mamoncillo m (plural mamoncillos)
- the mamoncillo
Further reading
[edit]- “mamoncillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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- English terms borrowed from Spanish
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- en:Fruits
- en:Soapberry family plants
- Spanish 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/iʝo
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- Rhymes:Spanish/iʎo
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʎo/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʃo
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʃo/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʒo
- Rhymes:Spanish/iʒo/4 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Fruits
- es:Soapberry family plants