EGGFRUIT

canistel, eggfruit

(noun) ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

eggfruit (plural eggfruits)

A fruit, the canistel.

Another fruit, the lucmo

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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