capulin

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish capulín, from Classical Nahuatl capolin. === Noun === capulin (plural capulins) 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. A tropical American tree (Trema micrantha), the bark of which yields a strong fiber A groundcherry (any of most species of Physalis). A Mexican timber tree (Condalia obovata) whose hard wood furnishes a blue dye. A calabur tree (Muntingia calabura, sole species of Muntingia). === References === “capulin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Central Nahuatl == === Alternative forms === (Amecameca): capolin === Noun === capulin capulin