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English → English (gcide) Definition: vi-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. [1913 Webster]