KEI APPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kei apple mean? 

• KEI APPLE (noun)
  The noun KEI APPLE has 1 sense:

1. vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits

  Familiarity information: KEI APPLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KEI APPLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dovyalis caffra; kei apple; kei apple bush

Hypernyms ("kei apple" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Meronyms (parts of "kei apple"):

kai apple (South African fruit smelling and tasting like apricots; used for pickles and preserves)

Holonyms ("kei apple" is a member of...):

Dovyalis; genus Dovyalis (small genus of sometimes spiny shrubs or small trees; Africa; India; Sri Lanka)