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| man·chi·neel [ mànchə nl ] (plural man·chi·neels or man·chi·neel) |
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tropical tree with poisonous fruit: a tree with poisonous apple-shaped fruit and milky sap that causes blistering. Native to: tropical America. Latin name Hippomane mancinella.
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| [Mid-17th century. Via French mancenille< Spanish manzanilla "little apple" < manzana "apple" < Latin matiana, kind of apple, after Matia, a Roman gens] |
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