Cherimoller

/ˌtʃɛriˈmoʊ.lər/ noun

Definition

A variant spelling of cherimoya, or a person who sells or cultivates cherimoya fruits.

Etymology

From cherimoya with the English agent suffix -er, creating a noun for someone who deals with the fruit. This is a less common variant than the standard 'cherimoya.'

Kelly Says

Old variant spellings like this reveal how new words get absorbed into English—traders and botanists would spell 'cherimoya' differently depending on whether they learned it from Spanish or indigenous sources!

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