canistel

can·is·tel  (kn-stl)

n. In both senses also called eggfruit.

1. A tree (Pouteria campechiana), native to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean and having very sweet oval fruit with a musky odor.

2. The fruit of this tree.

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[American Spanish, from dialectal variant of Spanish canastillo, small basket, from Latin canistellum, diminutive of canistrum, basket; see canister.]

Thesaurus

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