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Definition: Otaheite apple
Otaheite apple
\O`ta*hei“te ap”ple\ [So named from Otaheite, or
Tahiti, one of the Society Islands.] (Bot.)
(a) The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree (
Spondias dulcis
), also called
vi-apple. It is rather larger
than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine,
but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples.
(b) A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree (
Jambosa Malaccensis
) which bears crimson berries.
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