manchineel

From Spanish manzanillo, from manzana (“apple”), from Latin malum Matianum (“a kind of apple”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌmæntʃɪˈniːl/

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.

   Synonyms: beach apple, manchineel tree

• bastard manchineel (Cameraria latifolia)
• manchineel tree

• “manchineel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.