Found 2 items, similar to mammee.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mammee
mammee
n 1: tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet
edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed
in the genus Calocarpum [syn:
marmalade tree,
sapote,
Pouteria zapota,
Calocarpum zapota]
2: tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery
rind [syn:
mammee apple,
mamey,
mammee tree,
Mammea americana
]
3: globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery
rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh [syn:
mamey,
mammee apple
]
4: brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet [syn:
sapote,
marmalade plum]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mammee
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]