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GENIPA AMERICANA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit

Synonyms:

Genipa Americana; genipap fruit; jagua; marmalade box

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Genipa Americana" is a kind of...):

genipa (any tree of the genus Genipa bearing yellow flowers and edible fruit with a thick rind)

Meronyms (parts of "Genipa Americana"):

genipap; genipap fruit (a succulent orange-sized tropical fruit with a thick rind)

Holonyms ("Genipa Americana" is a member of...):

genus Genipa (tropical American evergreen trees or shrubs bearing yellow flowers and succulent edible fruit with a thick rind)

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