Definitions
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- noun A fruit, the
canistel . - noun Another fruit, the
lucmo
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies
Etymologies
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egg + fruit
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Examples
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The next morning, I found a yellow canistel in the CSA farm box; the fruit splits when ripe and tastes like an egg (it's also called eggfruit) - and was hidden beneath lettuces, tomatoes, and zucchini.
Frugal In Virginia 2009
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Leaning against an outcrop of rock, I reached into the pouch pocket of my tunic and found the eggfruit I?
Catspaw Vinge, Joan D. 1988
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Vegetables like cucumber, eggfruit and capsicum, which were not grown in this region before, are now a common sight in the marketplaces of the mountainous region.
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