noun
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
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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