Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eggfruit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eggfruit
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Fruit of the eggplant (Solanum melongena).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Fruit of the canistel tree (Lucuma campechiana), native to Central America and cultivated in tropical regions.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Fruit of the lucmo tree (Lucuma bifera), closely related to the canistel and native to the Andean region of South America.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"“I’m pumped!” he exclaimed, having just been told that a new graft will increase the size of his cherimoyas, and that he can easily hand pollinate his underproducing eggfruits."

Etymology

From egg + fruit.

Usage

Inflected Forms

eggfruits (plural) egg-fruit (alternative)

Synonyms

canistel

Questions

What does eggfruit mean?: Fruit of the eggplant (Solanum melongena).
Where does eggfruit come from?: From egg + fruit.

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