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 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

Animal food was furnished by the Galapagos Islands in profusion, and of the most delicate kind; of vegetables nothing of use was found except the mammee, the leaves just noticed and berries.

From History of the Buccaneers of America by Burney, James

Dick stole out of the hut when he had assured himself from her regular breathing that she was asleep, and, pushing the tendrils and the branches of the mammee apples aside, found the beach.

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

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)