Definition of Chrysobalanus icaco

1. Noun. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.

Exact synonyms: Coco Plum, Coco Plum Tree, Cocoa Plum, Icaco
Terms within: Coco Plum, Cocoa Plum, Icaco
Group relationships: Chrysobalanus, Genus Chrysobalanus
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrysobalanus Icaco

Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
Chrysanthemum maximum
Chrysanthemum maximum maximum
Chrysanthemum morifolium
Chrysanthemum parthenium
Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum
Chrysanthemum segetum
Chrysaora
Chrysaora quinquecirrha
Chrysemys
Chrysemys picta
Chrysippan
Chrysler
Chryslers
Chrysobalanus
Chrysobalanus icaco (current term)
Chrysochloridae
Chrysochloris
Chrysolepis
Chrysolepis chrysophylla
Chrysolepis sempervirens
Chrysolophus
Chrysolophus pictus
Chrysomelidae
Chrysomyia
Chrysophrys
Chrysophrys auratus
Chrysophrys australis
Chrysophyceae
Chrysophyllum

Literary usage of Chrysobalanus icaco

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bahama Islands by George Burbank Shattuck (1905)
"... Custard Apple (Anona palustris) and Cocoa Plum (Chrysobalanus icaco) in the ... Cocoa Plum (Chrysobalanus icaco) next; then an open growth of Ambrosia ..."

2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1907)
"This species as it occurs in Florida is strongly contrasted with Chrysobalanus Icaco L. The plants of the latter species are mainly confined to the sand ..."

3. Liberia by Harry Hamilton Johnston, Otto Stapf (1906)
"... in. long, and numerous solitary fascicled corymbose heads of fragrant white flowers ; Monrovia and Sino Basin, Whyte\ ROSACE/E Chrysobalanus icaco, ..."

4. Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) by Charles Sprague Sargent (1905)
"Chrysobalanus icaco, L. Cocoa Plum. Leaves broadly elliptical or round-obovate, rounded or slightly emarginate at th* apex, wedge-shaped at the base, ..."

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