MOMBIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mombin mean? 

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

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

2. purplish tropical fruit

  Familiarity information: MOMBIN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOMBIN (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 ("mombin" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "mombin"):

mombin (purplish tropical fruit)

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Purplish tropical fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

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

jocote; mombin; mombin tree; Spondias purpurea (common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit)