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eggfruit

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can·is·tel   (kān'ĭ-stěl')   
n.   In both senses also called eggfruit.

  1. A tree (Pouteria campechiana), native to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean and having very sweet oval fruit with a musky odor.

  2. The fruit of this tree.


[American Spanish, from dialectal variant of Spanish canastillo, small basket, from Latin canistellum, diminutive of canistrum, basket; see canister.]
egg·fruit   (ěg'frōōt')   
n.  See canistel.
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eggfruit

(Pouteria campechiana), small tree of the sapodilla family (Sapotaceae), native to northern South America and cultivated in other tropical regions. It grows 3-7.5 metres (10-25 feet) tall and has spreading branches, alternate leathery leaves, and small white flowers. The canistel fruit is oval in shape, 5-10 cm (2-4 inches) long, and orange-yellow in colour. Its edible orange flesh is sweet.

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