Cainite (kanit)

and a. [ II. a. Of the race of Cain. The principal seat of the Cainite , or more debased yet energetic branch of the human family, was to the eastward of the site of Eden. Dawson , Orig. of World, p. 255. cainito (ki-nē tō), n. The fruit of the Chryso phyllum Cainito of the West Indies and South America, resembling an apple in shape, and considered a delicacy. Also called star - apple . Cainozoic (ki-nō-zō'ik), a . See Canozoic .