mangosteen
Americannoun
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the juicy, edible fruit of an East Indian tree, Garcinia mangostana.
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the tree itself.
noun
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an East Indian tree, Garcinia mangostana, with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit: family Clusiaceae
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the fruit of this tree, having a sweet juicy pulp and a hard skin
Etymology
Origin of mangosteen
1590–1600; earlier mangostan < Dutch < Malay manggis ( h ) utan (dial. manggista ) a variety of mangosteen ( manggis mangosteen + hutan forest)
Example Sentences
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Worldwide production of mangoes, mangosteen and guava has more than doubled over the past 20 years, a trend the FAO expects to continue.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2025
Viet Nam Floral Gin, fragrant and richly endowed with notes of mangosteen, cardamom and citrus, deserves to be sipped on the rocks.
From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2021
According to the Times, he was treated to a preshow pamper session that included a blueberry face scrub, a guava and mangosteen butter mask and a calming floral spray.
From The Guardian • Mar. 9, 2020
Mangkhut, which is the Thai word for the purple mangosteen fruit, diminished some as it crossed the South China Sea toward Hong Kong.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 16, 2018
He walked past the old mangosteen tree and up to the edge of a laterite spur that jutted out into the river.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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