manchineel

(man′c̸hə nēl′)

noun

a tropical American tree (Hippomane mancinella) of the spurge family, with a milky, irritant juice and plumlike, poisonous fruit
its wood

Origin: Fr mancenille < Sp manzanilla, dim. of manzana, apple < L matianum (pomum), (apple), of Matius, Roman author of a cookery manual

See manchineel in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A tropical American tree (Hippomane mancinella) having poisonous fruit and a milky sap that causes skin blisters on contact.

Origin:

Origin: French mancenille

Origin: , from Spanish manzanilla

Origin: , diminutive of manzana, apple

Origin: , from Old Spanish

Origin: , from Latin (māla) Matiāna, (apples) of Matius

Origin: , possibly after Caius Matius Calvena (fl. first century B.C.), Roman author of a cookbook

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