African cherry orange

noun

1

: any of several small spiny central African citrus trees (genus Citropsis) with leathery unequally pinnate leaves and small sweet bright orange fruits growing in clusters

2

: a fruit of the African cherry orange

Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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