mə̇ˈmyüˌsäps noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Middle Greek mimous (gen. of mimō ape, probably from Greek mimeisthai to imitate) + New Latin -ops
: a genus of Old World tropical trees (family Sapotaceae) having abundant milky juice, coriaceous leaves, and small hexamerous or octamerous flowers with as many staminodia as stamens — see bansalaguin , manilkara