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Webster 1913 Edition

Manchineel

Manˊchi-neel′

,
Noun.
[Sp.
manzanillo
, fr.
manzana
an apple, fr. L.
malum Matianum
a kind of apple. So called from its apple-like fruit.]
(Bot.)
A euphorbiaceous tree (
Hippomane Mancinella
) of tropical America, having a poisonous and blistering milky juice, and poisonous acrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple.
Bastard manchineel
,
a tree (
Cameraria latifolia
) of the East Indies, having similar poisonous properties.
Lindley.

Webster 1828 Edition

Manchineel

MANCHINEE'L

,
Noun.
[L. mancanilla.] A tree of the genus Hippomane, growing in the West Indies to the size of a large oak. It abounds in an acrid, milky juice of a poisonous quality. It bears a fruit of the size of a pippin, which, when eaten, causes inflammation in the mouth and throat, pains in the stomach, &c. The wood is valuable for cabinet work.

Definition 2024

manchineel

manchineel

English

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

References

  • manchineel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Etymology

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

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