JOCOTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jocote mean? 

• JOCOTE (noun)
  The noun JOCOTE has 1 sense:

1. common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit

  Familiarity information: JOCOTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JOCOTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

jocote; mombin; mombin tree; Spondias purpurea

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

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "jocote"):

mombin (purplish tropical fruit)

Holonyms ("jocote" is a member of...):

genus Spondias; Spondias (tropical trees having one-seeded fruit)