YELLOW MOMBIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow mombin mean? 

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

1. tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit

2. yellow oval tropical fruit

  Familiarity information: YELLOW MOMBIN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YELLOW MOMBIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

hog plum; Spondias mombin; yellow mombin; yellow mombin tree

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

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "yellow mombin"):

hog plum; yellow mombin (yellow oval tropical fruit)

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Yellow oval tropical fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

hog plum; yellow mombin

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

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

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

hog plum; Spondias mombin; yellow mombin; yellow mombin tree (tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit)