Definition of "genipa" []

• A rubiaceous genus of tropical America, closely allied to Gardenia of the old world. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The mammee-tree and the genipa, * with large and shining leaves, raise their branches vertically towards the sky; whilst those of the courbaril and the erythrina form, as they extend, a thick canopy of verdure."
• "* They were recognizable by their black beards and their gloomy and sullen air, and were walking slowly on the horizontal branches of a genipa."
• "Here were the gigantic mammee-tree, and the genipa, with large and shining leaves, raising their branches vertically towards the sky; while others, extending their boughs horizontally, formed a thick canopy of verdure over the entrance."