manchineel
Meaning
Noun
- A tropical American tree, Hippomane mancinella (species), having apple-like, poisonous fruit, and a sap that causes blisters on contact with the skin
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Origin
- From Spanish manzanillo, from manzana, from Latin malum Matianum ("a kind of apple").
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