A name given to various trees yielding substances resembling tallow; spec. (a) Stillingia sebifera, a euphorbiaceous tree of China, cultivated also…

The tree, Garcinia mangostana (family Clusiaceae (Guttiferae)), producing this fruit, native to Malaysia and introduced and naturalized in the…

The edible fruit of Lansium domesticum, a tree of the family Meliaceæ, native to Indonesia and Malaysia; also, the tree itself.

(a) Magnolia acuminata and other American species, the fruits of which resemble small cucumbers; (b) Averrhoa Bilimbi, an East Indian tree with an…

The small edible oval fruit of the Malesian tree Baccaurea motleyana (family Euphorbiaceae), having white flesh and pale brown seeds in a smooth…

A thorny palm tree belonging to the genus Salacca, native to tropical south-east Asia, esp. S. edulis, or its pear-shaped edible fruit.

The fruit of an Asiatic tree Clausena Wampi, also the tree itself.

a leguminous East Indian tree, Dialium indicum, or its fruit: see quots.

A jackfruit tree (see jack, n.3).

The Tahitian chestnut, Inocarpus fagiferus (I. edulis), a leguminous evergreen tree bearing spikes of white or yellow flowers and dark red, edible…

The fruit of a South-East Asian evergreen tree, Dimocarpus longan (family Sapindaceae), having a yellowish skin and sweet white flesh. Also: the…

Used attributively. = ivi, n.

The Tahitian chestnut or ivi, Inocarpus fagiferus.

More fully calamondin orange. A small, tart-fleshed citrus fruit with orange skin, produced by a dwarf tree thought to be a natural hybrid between…