A tropical fruit tree native to Mexico that produces small, yellow, egg-shaped fruits with a sweet, custard-like flavor.
From Spanish 'canistel', derived from Nahuatl 'canistl' or similar indigenous term. The word traveled from Mesoamerica to Spanish and into English as European explorers encountered the fruit.
The canistel is sometimes called 'eggfruit' because its creamy yellow flesh really does look like cooked egg yolk—it's native to the same regions where chocolate and vanilla originated, making it part of an ancient American fruit tradition.
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