mango

American  

[mang-goh] / ˈmæŋ goʊ /

noun

plural

mangoes, mangos

1. the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.

2. the tree itself.

3. Midland U.S. chiefly the Ohio Valley. a sweet pepper.

4. Ornithology. any of several large hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax.

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mango British  

/ ˈmæŋɡəʊ /

noun

1. a tropical Asian anacardiaceous evergreen tree, Mangifera indica, cultivated in the tropics for its fruit

2. the ovoid edible fruit of this tree, having a smooth rind and sweet juicy orange-yellow flesh

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Usage

What is a mango? A mango is a tropical fruit that grows from the Mangifera indica tree. The word mango is also sometimes used to refer to this species of tree.Mangoes have smooth rinds and soft, sweet flesh that surrounds a relatively large seed. Unripe mangoes are usually green in color and change to yellow, orange, red, purple, or a combination of colors as they ripen. Mangoes are high in vitamin C and contain a variety of other vitamins and minerals.There are hundreds of different varieties of mangoes grown around the world. They vary widely in flavor, ripening season, geographic region, seed-to-flesh ratio, and many other aspects. Many connoisseurs consider some of the Pakistani varieties to be the best.Example: Alya will tell you that you’re eating a mango properly when you’re slurping it up and the juice is running down your arm.

Etymology

Origin of mango

1575–85; < Portuguese manga, probably < Malayalam māṅṅa

Example Sentences

“Even though she was using it to store dried mango and sanitizer wipes for her toddler, it still looked effortlessly cool,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Mueenuddin himself ran his family’s Pakistani mango farm in his 20s; he then went to law school and practiced briefly in Manhattan.

From The Wall Street Journal

With flavors like smoked blue cheese, mango passionfruit, Vietnamese coffee, and calamansi meringue pie, every single bonbon is a flavor explosion and worthy of celebration.

From Salon

One stall sold slices of mangoes brought in from Jazan, the fertile southern province famous for its tropical fruits, wheat and coffee; others sold raisins, spices, nuts and gourmet honey from Yemen.

From Los Angeles Times

The exemptions covered other Ghanaian agricultural products including cashew nuts, avocados, bananas, mangoes, plantain, pineapples, coconuts, ginger and peppers, he said.

From Barron's