capulin

Meaning

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).

Synonyms

Mexican black cherry

Prunus capuli

capulin tree

Translations

μεξικανικό μαύρο κεράσι

δέντρο Prunus capuli

κερασιά Prunus capuli

Prunus capuli

capulín

capulin

cereza negra mexicana

prunus salicifolia

Etymology

From Spanish capulín, from Classical Nahuatl capolin.