Found 2 items, similar to mammee apple.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mammee apple
mammee apple
n 1: tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery
rind [syn:
mammee,
mamey,
mammee tree,
Mammea americana
]
2: globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery
rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh [syn:
mamey,
mammee]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: mammee apple
mammee apple
\mammee apple\ n. (Bot.)
A tropical American tree (
Mammea americana) having edible
fruit (the
mammee apple) with a leathery rind.
Syn: mammee, mamey, mammee tree,
Mammea americana.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. The globular or ovoid tropical fruit of the mammee tree
(
Mammea americana), having a thick russet leathery rind
and juicy yellow or reddish flesh.
[WordNet 1.5]
mammee apple
\mammee apple\ n. (Bot.)
A tropical American tree (
Mammea americana) having edible
fruit (the
mammee apple) with a leathery rind.
Syn: mammee, mamey, mammee tree,
Mammea americana.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. The globular or ovoid tropical fruit of the mammee tree
(
Mammea americana), having a thick russet leathery rind
and juicy yellow or reddish flesh.
[WordNet 1.5]
Mammee
\Mam*mee"\, Mammee tree
\Mam*mee" tree`\, n. [Haitian
mamey.] (Bot.)
A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus
Mammea (
Mammea Americana); also, its fruit, called the
mammee apple. The latter is large, covered with a thick,
tough ring, and contains a bright yellow pulp of a pleasant
taste and fragrant scent. It is often called
mammee apple.
Syn: mammee apple, mammee, mamey,
Mammea americana.
[1913 Webster]
Mammee
\Mam*mee"\, Mammee tree
\Mam*mee" tree`\, n. [Haitian
mamey.] (Bot.)
A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus
Mammea (
Mammea Americana); also, its fruit, called the
mammee apple. The latter is large, covered with a thick,
tough ring, and contains a bright yellow pulp of a pleasant
taste and fragrant scent. It is often called
mammee apple.
Syn: mammee apple, mammee, mamey,
Mammea americana.
[1913 Webster]