n. In both senses also called eggfruit.
- A tree (Pouteria campechiana), native to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean and having very sweet oval fruit with a musky odor.
- The fruit of this tree.
[American Spanish, from dialectal variant of Spanish canastillo, small basket, from Latin canistellum, diminutive of canistrum, basket. See canister.]
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