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gingerbread plum

American  

noun

  1. a tree, Neocarya macrophylla, of western Africa, bearing a large, edible, starchy fruit.

Etymology

Origin of gingerbread plum

First recorded in 1820–30

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Play CandyLand until you want to do bodily harm to Plumpy of the Gingerbread Plum Trees.

From New York Times

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