manchineel

English

Etymology

From Spanish manzanillo, from manzana (“apple”), from Latin malum Matianum (“a kind of apple”).

Noun

manchineel (plural manchineels)

A tropical American tree (Hippomane mancinella), having apple-like, poisonous fruit, and a sap that causes blisters on contact with the skin.
Synonyms: beach apple, manchineel tree

Derived terms

Translations

Hippomane mancinella

Catalan: mancinel·la f
Finnish: tuonenomena (fi)
German: Manchinelbaum m, Manzanillobaum m
Italian: mancinella f, ippomane f
Portuguese: mancenilha f, mancenilheira f
Turkish: manşinel

References

“manchineel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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