CAPULIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does capulin mean? 

• CAPULIN (noun)
  The noun CAPULIN has 2 senses:

1. Mexican black cherry tree having edible fruit

2. Mexican black cherry

  Familiarity information: CAPULIN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPULIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mexican black cherry tree having edible fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

capulin; capulin tree; Prunus capuli

Hypernyms ("capulin" is a kind of...):

cherry; cherry tree (any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood)

Meronyms (parts of "capulin"):

capulin; Mexican black cherry (Mexican black cherry)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Mexican black cherry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

capulin; Mexican black cherry

Hypernyms ("capulin" is a kind of...):

cherry (a red fruit with a single hard stone)

Holonyms ("capulin" is a part of...):

capulin; capulin tree; Prunus capuli (Mexican black cherry tree having edible fruit)