Definition of Melicoccus

1. Noun. Tropical American trees and shrubs bearing berries.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Melicoccus

Meleagrididae
Meleagris gallopavo
Melekeok
Meleney's gangrene
Meleney's ulcer
Meles
Meles meles
Melia
Melia Azadirachta
Melia azedarach
Melia azederach
Meliaceae
Melicocca
Melicocca bijuga
Melicocca bijugatus
Melicoccus (current term)
Melicytus
Melilotus alba
Melilotus officinalis
Melina Mercouri
Melinae
Melinda
Meliphagidae
Melisha
Melissa officinalis
Melitene
Melkite
Melkonian
Melkonyan

Literary usage of Melicoccus

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

1. Hortus Jamaicensis, Or, A Botanical Description, (according to the Linnean by John Lunan (1814)
"... nectareous glands, which adhered together as in the melicoccus. From the margin of each gland arose ..."

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