sugar apple

noun

sweetsop.

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Origin of sugar apple

First recorded in 1730–40

Words nearby sugar apple

sug-, súgán, sugar, Sugar Act, sugarallie, sugar apple, sugar bag, sugar basin, sugar beet, sugarberry, sugarbird
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British Dictionary definitions for sugar apple

sugar apple

noun

another name for sweetsop
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