atemoya
Americannoun
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a tropical tree of the Philippines that is a hybrid of the cherimoya and sweetsop.
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the pinecone- or heart-shaped fruit of this tree, having a sweet, edible, white pulp.
Etymology
Origin of atemoya
1910–15; < Tagalog and Philippine English ate sweetsop + (cheri)moya ( def. )
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"There is not a country in the world that can produce a fruit as delicious and special as Taiwan's atemoya."
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Some argue the same thing is now happening to atemoya.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
It added that China has also been expanding its own atemoya cultivation, posing a threat to Taiwan's local industry.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
A walk around the garden is a lesson in the diversity of things that can thrive in this climate: tiny turkey figs, knobby atemoya, towering banana trees.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2010
In words and pictures she tells readers how to identify, buy, store, clean and prepare jicama, atemoya, daikon, nopales and calabaza, among dozens of others.
From Time Magazine Archive
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