genip

Other forms of genip

plural

genips·

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 genip

What does genip mean?

genip means "tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in genip?

genip has 2 syllables: ge-nip. The stress falls on "ge".

What is another word for genip?

Close synonyms include Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree, honey berry, mamoncillo, ginep. 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 genip a common word?

genip 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.