genipap

n. 茜草属常绿树

词形变化

genipaps 复数 genipaps

别名

genipapo

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The North and South American tree Genipa americana of the family Rubiaceae.

  2. 2.

    The fruit of this tree, oval in shape, as large as a small orange, of a pale greenish color, and with dark purple juice, traditionally used as a colorant.

词汇关系

名词

整体词 2

jagua marmalade box

词源

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese jenipapo, from Old Tupi îanypaba. The Tupi meaning of the word is variously given as yandi-pawa or yandi-pab (“fruit for painting”), yandi-ibá-pab (“fruit of the extremities for painting”), and without citation or explanation, “breast of an old woman”.

来源：wiktionary