» chrysophyllum
Noun (1 meaning)
1. tropical American evergreen trees or shrubs.
chrysophyllum is a type of:
- dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus (noun) - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
chrysophyllum is a member of:
- Sapotaceae, family Sapotaceae, sapodilla family (noun) - tropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible fleshy fruit
members of chrysophyllum:
- star apple, caimito, Chrysophyllum cainito (noun) - 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