mammee
Americannoun
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a tall, tropical American tree, Mammea americana, having thick, glossy leaves and fragrant white flowers.
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the usually round, edible fruit of this tree, having a russet-colored rind and yellow, juicy flesh.
noun
Etymology
Origin of mammee
First recorded in 1565–75; from Spanish mamey, perhaps from Taíno
Example Sentences
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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
Beyond lay waving chapparel, where cocoa-palms and breadfruit trees intermixed with the mammee apple and the tendrils of the wild vine.
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
Mammea Americana.—The fruit of this tree, under the name of mammee apple, is very much esteemed in tropical countries.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William
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