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icaco|ɪˈkɑːkəʊ|
[a. Sp. icaco, hicaco, f. Taino hikako.]
A small tree, Chrysobalanus icaco, of the family Rosaceæ, native to tropical America and the West Indies; the fruit of this tree. Also called coco-plum.
1752P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 6) s.v. Chrysobalanus. This Genus of Plants is titled by Father Plumier Icaco which is the Indian name of this Fruit. 1756P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica 250 (heading) Chrysobalanus... Icaco... The Cocco Plumb Tree. 1852T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt's Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. II. xvii. 136 Hedges of bead-trees encircled groups of icacoes laden with fruit. 1887C. A. Moloney Sk. Forestry W. Africa 347 Icaco or Cocoa Plum of the West Indies. 1943Record & Hess Timbers of New World 454/2 The best known species [of Chrysobalanus] is the Coco Plum or Icaco, C. icaco L., which has a large edible fruit so wrinkled as to suggest the face of a monkey. |