mangosteen

American  

[mang-guh-steen] / ˈmæŋ gəˌstin /

noun

1. the juicy, edible fruit of an East Indian tree, Garcinia mangostana.

2. the tree itself.

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mangosteen British  

/ ˈmæŋɡəʊˌstiːn /

noun

1. an East Indian tree, Garcinia mangostana, with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit: family Clusiaceae

2. the fruit of this tree, having a sweet juicy pulp and a hard skin

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Etymology

Origin of mangosteen

1590–1600; earlier mangostan < Dutch < Malay manggis ( h ) utan (dial. manggista ) a variety of mangosteen ( manggis mangosteen + hutan forest)

Example Sentences

The family closed The Boat and let friend Thai Ha run his Mangosteen 206 fried chicken pop-up business there for a year.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2022

Mr. Brackenridge made the following list of their fruits: Durian, Artocarpus integrifolia, Melons, water and musk, Oranges, mandarin and bitter, Pineapples, Carica papaya, Mangosteen, Bread-fruit, Coco and Betelnut.

From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Craig, Austin

Those celebrated fruits, the Mangosteen and the Durian, are natives of this region, and will hardly grow out of the Archipelago.

From The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 by Wallace, Alfred Russel

The Mangosteen, which comes to perfection in Borneo, is another splendid fruit of a sub-acid flavour, better known than the Durian.

From The Mate of the Lily Notes from Harry Musgrave's Log Book by Unknown

Mangostan, mang′go-stan, Mangosteen, mang′go-stēn, n. an East Indian tree, and its fruit, which is of a most delicious taste.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various