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English Dictionary: Melicocca bijuga by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Melicocca bijuga
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Melicocca bijuga
n
  1. tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp
    Synonym(s): Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree, honey berry, mamoncillo, genip, ginep, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Genip \Gen"ip\, n., or Genip tree \Genip tree\
      1. Any tree or shrub of the genus {Genipa}.
  
      2. The West Indian sapindaceous tree {Melicocca bijuga},
            which yields the honeyberry; also, the related trees
            {Exothea paniculata} and {E. trifoliata}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Honeyberry \Hon"ey*ber`ry\, n.; pl. {-berries}.
      The fruit of either of two trees having sweetish berries: (a)
      An Old World hackberry ({Celtis australis}). (b) In the West
      Indies, the genip ({Melicocca bijuga}).
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