Meanings
plural manchineels
- 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 57Synonyms: beach apple, manchineel tree
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA tropical American tree (Hippomane mancinella), having apple-like, poisonous fruit, and a sap that causes blisters on contact with the skin.
Origin
- Latinmalum Matianum“a kind of apple”
- Spanishmanzanillo
- Englishmanchineel
From Spanish manzanillo, from manzana (“apple”), from Latin malum Matianum (“a kind of apple”).
More words from Spanish, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan mancinel·la
- mancinel·laHippomane mancinella
Finnish tuonenomena
- tuonenomenaHippomane mancinella
German Manchinelbaum, Manzanillobaum
- ManchinelbaumHippomane mancinella
- ManzanillobaumHippomane mancinella
Italian mancinella, ippomane
- mancinellaHippomane mancinella
- ippomaneHippomane mancinella
- manzaniglioHippomane mancinella
Portuguese mancenilha, mancenilheira
- mancenilhaHippomane mancinella
- mancenilheiraHippomane mancinella
Spanish manzanillo
- manzanilloHippomane mancinella
Turkish manşinel
- manşinelHippomane mancinella
Cite this entry
manchineel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manchineel
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