Noun: Spanish lime spa-nish lIm
- Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp
"Children enjoy sucking the pulp from Spanish lime fruits";
- Spanish lime tree, honey berry, mamoncillo, genip, ginep, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus
- Round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes
"Spanish limes are a popular street snack in the Caribbean";
- genip
Type of: edible fruit, fruit tree
Part of: genus Melicocca, genus Melicoccus, Melicocca, Melicoccus
Encyclopedia: Spanish lime