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chirimoya

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[chir-uh-moi-uh] / ˌtʃɪr əˈmɔɪ ə /

noun

  1. cherimoya.


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It has the color, taste, and size of the chirimoya; but the rind, which incloses a rich, custardly pulp, frosted with sugar, is scaled.

From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by James Orton

“He who has not tasted the chirimoya fruit, has yet to learn what fruit is,” says Markham.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston

Let him taste a chirimoya ma fille chèrie.”

From Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance by William Westall

“A chirimoya for your thoughts, señor!” said a well-known voice, in musical Castilian.

From Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance by William Westall

Oranges, pine- apples, bananas, strawberries, lemons, limes, mangoes, guavas, melons, and a rare and curious luxury called the chirimoya, which is deliciousness itself.

From Roughing It, Part 7. by Mark Twain

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