What does "canistel" mean?

A tropical tree, Lucuma campechiana, from Central America and the Caribbean, that bears a sweet oval fruit.

What is a synonym for "canistel"?

Common synonyms include: eggfruit, berry, canistel tree, fruit, orange, pouteria campechiana.

//ˈkænɪstəl// noun

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Noun

1
A tropical tree, Lucuma campechiana, from Central America and the Caribbean, that bears a sweet oval fruit.
2
ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies wordnet
3
The fruit of this tree, having a musky odour.
4
tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit wordnet

From dialectal variant of Spanish canastillo (“small basket”), from Latin canistellum, diminutive of canistrum (“basket”).

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