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Definition of Hippomane Mancinella

Hippomane Mancinella
Manchineel Man`chi*neel", n. [Sp. manzanillo, fr. manzana an apple, fr. L. malum Matianum a kind of apple. So called from its apple-like fruit.] (Bot.) A euphorbiaceous tree (Hippomane Mancinella) of tropical America, having a poisonous and blistering milky juice, and poisonous acrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple. Bastard manchineel, a tree (Cameraria latifolia) of the East Indies, having similar poisonous properties. --Lindley.

Meaning of Hippomane Mancinella from wikipedia

- The manchineel tree (Hippomane mancinella) is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). Its native range stretches from tropical...
- "sending horses insane". Accepted Species Hippomane horrida Urb. & Ekman. - Barahona in Dominican Rep Hippomane mancinella L. - West Indies, Mexico, Central America...
- (also known as Lime or B****wood), Tilia spp. (Malvaceae) Manchineel, Hippomane mancinella (Euphorbiaceae) Mape tree, Inocarpus ****ifer (Fabaceae) Masuri berry...
- Overdose, p. 309 at Google Book Search, accessed 12 January 2009 "Hippomane mancinella". Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. United States...
- muerte (Spanish: "little apple of death"), manchineel in English (Hippomane mancinella), a tree with apple-like but poisonous fruit Manzanilla olive (Olea...
- Caribbean used poisons made from the sap of the manchineel tree (Hippomane mancinella) or sandbox tree (Hura crepitans), both members of the spurge family...
- and so named because of the abundant groves of native Manzanilla (Hippomane mancinella) trees that were used extensively in the early days of shipbuilding...
- reference to Vernon's invasion fleet, before the battle. Manzanilla (Hippomane mancinella) fruit are poisonous when eaten, and the sap causes blistering....
- the Tobago Cays Marine Park, highly poisonous manchineel trees (Hippomane mancinella) are well established on Petit Rameau, Baradal, and Jamesby islands...
- Hippomane spinosa is a plant species in the family Euphorbiaceae. It was described by Linnaeus in 1753. In Haitian Creole, the plant is known as pomme...