mamey
Americannoun
noun
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a tropical American tree, Mammea americana, cultivated for its large edible fruits: family Clusiaceae
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the fruit of this tree, having yellow pulp and a red skin
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another name for the marmalade tree
Etymology
Origin of mamey
C16: from Spanish mamey, from Haitian
Example Sentences
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Zepeda tops it with mamey curd, brown butter almond cake, and a pinole crumble.
From Salon • May 24, 2025
You wouldn’t know that behind their garage door lies a freezer with more than 20 homemade Oaxacan-style ice cream flavors: leche quemada, mezcal, mamey, nuez.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2022
Popular in Southern Mexico and other tropical regions, the mamey sapote is an orange-fleshed fruit with flavor notes including apricot, sweet potato, nuts and spices.
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2022
Our route takes us through woods of mamey, bitter orange, coffee and banana, shaded by avocado and the royal palm, past ferns and flittering butterflies.
From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2018
The palm-thatched house was set in a grove of mamey and mango trees, all heavily burdened with fruit; there was a vianda-patch, and, wonder of wonders, there were a half-dozen cows dozing in the shade.
From Rainbow's End by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
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