caimito

1. 1.

   evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides

   Synonymsstar appleChrysophyllum cainito

   Broaderfruit tree

   Part ofChrysophyllum

Other forms of caimito

plural

caimitoes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about caimito

What does caimito mean?

caimito means "evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides".

How many syllables are in caimito?

caimito has 3 syllables: cai-mi-to. The stress falls on "cai".

What is another word for caimito?

Close synonyms include star apple, Chrysophyllum cainito. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is caimito a common word?

caimito is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.