canistel

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canistel

  • /ˈkænɪstəl/

Where it comes from

From dialectal variant of Spanish canastillo (“small basket”), from Latin canistellum, diminutive of canistrum (“basket”).

noun canistels

  1. A tropical tree, Lucuma campechiana, from Central America and the Caribbean, that bears a sweet oval fruit.
  2. The fruit of this tree, having a musky odour.

    Similar: eggfruit

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noun tree

Españolcanistel
日本語カニステル kanisuteru
中文蛋黃果 /蛋黄果 dànhuángguǒ, 仙桃 xiāntáo
Portuguêscanistel
DeutschEierfruchtbaum, Canistel, Canistelbaum, Gelbe Sapote, Tiessa
Русскийканисте́л kanistél

noun fruit

Españolcanistel, mante
日本語カニステル kanisuteru
中文蛋黃果 /蛋黄果 dànhuángguǒ, 仙桃 xiāntáo
Portuguêscanistel
Françaiscanistel
DeutschEierfrucht, Eifrucht, Canistel, Canistelfrucht, Gelbe Sapote
Русскийканисте́л kanistél

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@misc{canistel_2026,
  title = {canistel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/canistel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}