variants: or less commonly capuli \ -lē \ or capolin \ -pə¦lēn \
Definition of capulin
1: a Mexican tree (Prunus capuli) that is sometimes considered to be a form of black cherry (P. serotina) and that yields a sap used in native remedies and has edible cherries of which the kernels of the pits furnish a flour
2: a tropical American tree (Trema micrantha) the bark of which yields a strong fiber
3: a ground cherry (Physalis pubescens)
4: a Mexican timber tree (Condalia obovata) whose hard wood furnishes a blue dye