mammee

American  

[mah-mey, -mee] / mɑˈmeɪ, -ˈmi /

Or mamey,

noun

1. a tall, tropical American tree, Mammea americana, having thick, glossy leaves and fragrant white flowers.

2. the usually round, edible fruit of this tree, having a russet-colored rind and yellow, juicy flesh.

3. sapote.

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mammee British  

/ mæˈmiː /

noun

1. a variant spelling of mamey

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Etymology

Origin of mammee

First recorded in 1565–75; from Spanish mamey, perhaps from Taíno

Example Sentences

But there are also illustrations of fruits I’ve never heard of: chayote, sweetsop, cherimoya, sapodilla, passiflora and mammee apple.

From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2021

The long strip of mammee apple—a regular sheet of it a hundred yards broad, and reaching from the middle of the island right down to the lagoon.

From The Blue Lagoon: a romance by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)

The luscious pineapple, zapota, mango, pomegranate, guava, star-apple, citron, custard-apple, mammee, and other fruits abound.

From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray

He had planted a garden, where the fig-tree of Europe was found in company with the persea, and the lemon-tree with the mammee.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von

In the middle of the isle the soil is black and rich, where abundance of plantains and bananas are produced, and near the sea there are cocoa and mammee trees.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. by Kerr, Robert