Canistel

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  canistel \canistel\ n.
     1. a tropical tree of Florida and West Indies ({Pouteria
        campechiana nervosa}) yielding edible fruit.
  
     Syn: canistel tree.
          [WordNet 1.5]


  
     2. an ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and
        West Indies.
  
     Syn: eggfruit.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  canistel
       n 1: tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible
            fruit [syn: {canistel tree}, {Pouteria campechiana
            nervosa}]
       2: ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West
          Indies [syn: {eggfruit}]