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manchineal

manchineal is the obsolete form of manchineel.

Meaning of manchineel

Noun

manchineel (plural manchineels)

  1. A tropical American tree (Hippomane mancinella), having apple-like, poisonous fruit, and a sap that causes blisters on contact with the skin.
    • […] outside the block was lined with manchineel, and the palm trees crackled like ice[…]1970, Jeff Wanshel, The Disintegration of James Cherry, Dramatists Play Service, →ISBN, page 57

Questions about manchineal

What is manchineal the obsolete form of?
Manchineal is the obsolete form of manchineel.

Words near manchineal in the dictionary

  1. manchettes
  2. manchi
  3. manchild
  4. manchildren
  5. Manchin
  6. manchineal
  7. manchineel
  8. manchineel tree
  9. manchineel trees
  10. manchineels
  11. Manchinema

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