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capulin.

The Mexican cherry (Prunus serotina subsp. capuli, once Prunus capollin) and Prunus capuli, that yields a sap used in native remedies and has edible cherries of which the kernels of the pits furnish a flour.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The Mexican cherry (Prunus serotina subsp. capuli, once Prunus capollin) and Prunus capuli, that yields a sap used in native remedies and has edible cherries of which the kernels of the pits furnish a flour.

  2. A tropical American tree (Trema micrantha), the bark of which yields a strong fiber

  3. A groundcherry (any of most species of Physalis).

  4. A Mexican timber tree (Condalia obovata) whose hard wood furnishes a blue dye.

  5. A calabur tree (Muntingia calabura, sole species of Muntingia).

Where this word comes from

From Spanish capulín, from Classical Nahuatl capolin.

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