Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tropical American evergreen shrub or small tree (Chrysobalanus icaco) having sweet pink to purple fruit used to make jellies and preserves.
- noun The fruit of this plant.
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- noun plum-shaped whitish to almost black fruit used for preserves; tropical American
- noun small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Alteration of Spanish icaco, from Arawak ikaku.]
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