mombin tree

Questions about mombin tree

What does mombin tree mean?

mombin tree means "common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit".

What is another word for mombin tree?

Close synonyms include mombin, jocote, Spondias purpurea. 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 mombin tree a common word?

mombin tree is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.