Caimito (Noun)
Meaning
Evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The caimito tree in the backyard of our island vacation home produced the most delicious purple fruit.
- Children loved climbing the caimito tree and plucking its fruit straight from the branches.
- We sipped lemonade under the shade of the ancient caimito, whose leaves sparkled with a soft golden light in the sunlight.
- To preserve the fruit of the caimito tree for a longer period, the locals used to pickle it or make jams out of it.
- Caminhos crossed the entire forest until he came upon the towering caimito tree he remembered, then spotted the faint light of a cottage nearby.