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mammee apple
(encz) | mammee apple, n: |
mammee apple
(gcide) | mammee apple \mammee apple\ n. (Bot.)
A tropical American tree (Mammea americana) having edible
fruit (the mammee apple) with a leathery rind.
Syn: mammee, mamey, mammee tree, Mammea americana.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. The globular or ovoid tropical fruit of the mammee tree
(Mammea americana), having a thick russet leathery rind
and juicy yellow or reddish flesh.
[WordNet 1.5] |
mammee apple
(gcide) | Mammee \Mam*mee"\, Mammee tree \Mam*mee" tree`\, n. [Haitian
mamey.] (Bot.)
A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus
Mammea (Mammea Americana); also, its fruit, called the
mammee apple. The latter is large, covered with a thick,
tough ring, and contains a bright yellow pulp of a pleasant
taste and fragrant scent. It is often called mammee apple.
Syn: mammee apple, mammee, mamey, Mammea americana.
[1913 Webster] |
mammee apple
(wn) | mammee apple
n 1: tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery
rind [syn: mammee apple, mammee, mamey, {mammee
tree}, Mammea americana]
2: globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery
rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh [syn: mamey,
mammee, mammee apple] |
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