manchineel

[Fr. mancenillier, manza nille; Ital. mancinello; Port. mancenilheira; Sp. manzanillo, from manzana =an apple, from malum Matianum, a kind of apple, which the manchineel resembles.] Bot .: Hippomane mancinella , a euphorbiaceous tree, forty or fifty feet high, growing on the sandy coasts of the West Indian Islands, Venezuela, Panama, . It has ovate or elliptical shining leaves, with small, inconspicuous flowers. It is very poison If a single drop of the white juice fall upon IMG:content-0889.png:[blocks in formation] direct.] Law : A writ i ued by a superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising public authority, commanding the performance of some specified duty. ( Bouvier . ) *mand-ant, s. [Lat. mandans , pr. par. of man do = to command, to direct.] The same as MANDATOR (q.v.).