Manchineel Definition

Origin of Manchineel

• French mancenille from Spanish manzanillo a kind of olive tree bearing fine small olives, manchineel from manzanilla fine small olive, fruit of the manchineel from diminutive of manzana apple from Old Spanish mançana manzanilla

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Spanish manzanillo, from manzana (apple), from Latin malum Matianum (a kind of apple).

  From Wiktionary