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noun
The Mexican cherry (Prunus serotina subsp. capuli, once Prunus capollin) and Prunus capuli, that yields a sap used in native remedies and has edible cherries of which the kernels of the pits furnish a flour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A tropical American tree (Trema micrantha), the bark of which yields a strong fiber
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noun
A groundcherry (any of most species of Physalis).
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noun
A Mexican timber tree (Condalia obovata) whose hard wood furnishes a blue dye.
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noun
A calabur tree (Muntingia calabura, sole species of Muntingia).
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noun
Mexican black cherry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Mexican black cherry
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Broader terms: cherry
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Mexican black cherry tree having edible fruit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: capulin tree, Prunus capuli
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Broader terms: cherry, cherry tree
History
From Spanish capulín, from Classical Nahuatl capolin.
