mango

[ mang-goh ]

noun,plural man·goes, man·gos.
  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.

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

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

Origin of mango

1
1575–85; <Portuguese manga, probably <Malayalam māṅṅa

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How to use mango in a sentence

  • I lost all sense of time, the centuries were jumbled together like mangos in a basket.

    San Cristbal de la Habana | Joseph Hergesheimer

British Dictionary definitions for mango

mango

/ (ˈmæŋɡəʊ) /


nounplural -goes or -gos
  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

Origin of mango

1
C16: via Portuguese from Malay mangā, from Tamil mānkāy from mān mango tree + kāy fruit

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