canistel

canistel

English

Etymology

From dialectal variant of Spanish canastillo (“small basket”), from Latin canistellum, diminutive of canistrum (“basket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkænɪstəl/

Noun

canistel (plural canistels)

1. A tropical tree, Pouteria campechiana, from Central America and the Caribbean, that bears a sweet oval fruit.
2. The fruit of this tree, having a musky odour.

   Synonym: egg fruit

Translations

tree

Bikol Central: tiesa (bcl) Cebuano: tisa Chinese: Mandarin: 蛋黃果／蛋黄果 (dànhuángguǒ), 仙桃 (zh) (xiāntáo) Finnish: poutapuu (fi) French: please add this translation if you can Japanese: カニステル (kanisuteru) Portuguese: canistel m Russian: канисте́л m (kanistél) Spanish: canistel m Tagalog: tiyesa Thai: please add this translation if you can

fruit

Bikol Central: tiesa (bcl) Cebuano: tisa Chinese: Mandarin: 蛋黃果／蛋黄果 (dànhuángguǒ), 仙桃 (zh) (xiāntáo) Finnish: keltainen sapote French: please add this translation if you can Japanese: カニステル (kanisuteru) Portuguese: canistel m Russian: канисте́л m (kanistél) Spanish: canistel m, mante m Tagalog: tiyesa Thai: ม่อนไข่ (mon khai)

Anagrams

• incastle, lensatic

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Portuguese

Noun

canistel m (plural canistéis)

1. canistel (fruit)