canistel

canistel
can·is·tel (kănʹĭ-stĕl') n. In both senses also called eggfruit.
1. A tree (Pouteria campechiana), native to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean and having very sweet oval fruit with a musky odor.
2. The fruit of this tree.
  [American Spanish, from dialectal variant of Spanish canastillo, small basket, from Latin canistellum, diminutive of canistrum, basket. See canister.]

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▪ tree
also called  eggfruit 

      (Pouteria campechiana), small tree of the sapodilla family (Sapotaceae), native to northern South America and cultivated in other tropical regions. It grows 3–7.5 metres (10–25 feet) tall and has spreading branches, alternate leathery leaves, and small white flowers. The canistel fruit is oval in shape, 5–10 cm (2–4 inches) long, and orange-yellow in colour. Its edible orange flesh is sweet.

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  • canistel — noun a) Any of several tropical trees, of the genus Pouteria, from Central America and the Caribbean, that bears a sweet oval fruit b) The fruit of these trees, having a musky odour …   Wiktionary

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