man·chi·neel (m n ch -n l )n. A tropical American tree (Hippomane mancinella) having poisonous fruit and a milky sap that causes skin blisters on contact. [French mancenille, from Spanish manzanilla, diminutive of manzana, apple, from Old Spanish, from Latin (m  la) Matina, (apples) of Matius, possibly after Caius Matius Calvena (fl. first century b.c.), Roman author of a cookbook.] |
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