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HONEY BERRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does honey berry mean?
• HONEY BERRY (noun)
The noun HONEY BERRY has 1 sense:
1. tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp
Familiarity information: HONEY BERRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genip; ginep; honey berry; mamoncillo; Melicocca bijuga; Melicocca bijugatus; Spanish lime; Spanish lime tree
Hypernyms ("honey berry" is a kind of...):
fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)
Meronyms (parts of "honey berry"):
genip; Spanish lime (round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes)
Holonyms ("honey berry" is a member of...):
genus Melicocca; genus Melicoccus; Melicocca; Melicoccus (tropical American trees and shrubs bearing berries)
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