lanzon

See also: lanzón

English

lanzon

Noun

lanzon (plural lanzones)

1. ; a species of tree in the mahogany family
2. (usually in the plural) The fruit of this tree
   • 2010, Leoncio V. Gregana, Into the Change of Time: The Nurse, page 55:

     San Manuel and the neighboring towns around Mount Banahao, in Laguna, are famous for lanzones. The story goes that it used to be a wild fruit in the mountain that nobody attempted to eat because the locals knew it was poisonous.

Synonyms

• langsat

References

• “lanzon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Lansium parasiticum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lansium parasiticum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lansium parasiticum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Lansium at The Plant List