What is "caimito"

Lucuma \Lu*cu"ma\, n. (Bot.) An American genus of sapotaceous trees bearing sweet and edible fruits.

Note: Lucuma mammosum is called natural marmalade in the West Indies; Lucuma Caimito, of Peru, furnishes a delicious fruit called lucuma and caimito.

n. A tropical tree of the family Sapotaceae, and its fruit, the star fruit.

n. evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides [syn: star apple, Chrysophyllum cainito]

Caimito may refer to:

• Caimito or Chrysophyllum cainito, a tropical fruit also known as star apple
• Caimito, Sucre, a town in Colombia
• Caimito, Cuba, a town in Artemisa Province (before 2011 in Havana Province)
• Caimito, Panama