Otaheite apple
noun
a Society Islands tree, Spondias cytherea, of the cashew family, having whitish flowers and yellow, edible, plumlike fruit.
the fruit itself.
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Origin of Otaheite apple
First recorded in 1855–60
Also called ambarella.
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