Search Result for "mammea_americana":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind;
[syn: mammee apple, mammee, mamey, mammee tree, Mammea americana]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mammea americana \Mammea americana\ n. (Bot.) The speciaes name for the mammee tree. [WordNet 1.5] Mammee
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Mammea americana n 1: tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind [syn: mammee apple, mammee, mamey, mammee tree, Mammea americana]