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can·is·tel

(kăn′ĭ-stĕl′)

1. An evergreen tree (Pouteria campechiana) native to Mexico and Central America, bearing fruit having sweet, deep-yellow flesh with the texture of hard-boiled egg yolk.

2. The fruit of this tree. In both senses also called eggfruit.

[Cuban and Central American Spanish, from a Mayan source such as Yucatec Maya k'aniste', canistel, probably literally, "tree bearing yellow fruit like sweet potatoes" : k'an, yellow + iis, sweet potato (in reference to the taste and texture of canistel fruit) + te', tree.]

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canistel

(ˌkænɪˈstɛl; ˈkænɪˌstɛl)

1. (Plants) an evergreen tree, Pouteria campechiana, that is native to Central America and the West Indies

2. the sweet fruit of this tree

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Noun	1.	canistel - tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit canistel tree, Pouteria campechiana nervosa eggfruit, canistel - ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit genus Pouteria, Pouteria - tropical American timber tree with edible fruit (canistel)
	2.	canistel - ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies eggfruit edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh canistel, canistel tree, Pouteria campechiana nervosa - tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit

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