mamoncillo
English
Mamoncillo leaf and fruits
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mamoncillo.
Noun
mamoncillo (plural mamoncillos)
- Melicoccus bijugatus, a tree of the Sapindaceae family, native to Central and South America.
- The small, green, tangy, oval fruit of the mamoncillo tree.
Synonyms
- chenet, guaya, genip, ginep, ginnip, gnep, guinep, quenepa, limoncillo, Spanish lime
Translations
Meliococcus bijugatus
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Spanish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /mamonˈθiʝo/ [ma.mõn̟ˈθi.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /mamonˈθiʎo/ [ma.mõn̟ˈθi.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /mamonˈsiʝo/ [ma.mõnˈsi.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /mamonˈsiʎo/ [ma.mõnˈsi.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /mamonˈsiʃo/ [ma.mõnˈsi.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /mamonˈsiʒo/ [ma.mõnˈsi.ʒo]
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo
- Syllabification: ma‧mon‧ci‧llo
Further reading
- “mamoncillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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