/mon'euh see"oh/ ; Sp. /maw'nah see"yaw/ , n. , pl. monacillos /-see"ohz/ ; Sp. /-see"yaws/ .
a low shrub, Malvaviscus arboreus, of tropical America, having scarlet flowers and berrylike fruit that is sticky when young.
[ monazillo, monaziello monachellus, equiv. to LL monach ( us ) MONK + -ellus dim. suffix; see -ELLE ]