marmalade box
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of marmalade box
First recorded in 1790–1800
Example Sentences
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Genipa americana.—This belongs to the cinchona family, and produces the fruit called genipap or marmalade box.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William
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