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mammee
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mammee has 4 senses
- mammee(n = noun.plant) calocarpum zapota, marmalade tree, pouteria zapota, sapote - tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum; Array has parts: mammee, marmalade plum, sapote
- mammee(n = noun.plant) mamey, mammea americana, mammee apple, mammee tree - tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind; Array has parts: mamey, mammee, mammee apple
- mammee(n = noun.food) mamey, mammee apple - globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh; Array is a kind of edible fruit
- mammee(n = noun.food) marmalade plum, sapote - brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet; Array is a kind of edible fruit
is a member of genus pouteria, pouteria
is a kind of tree
is a member of genus mammea, mammea
is a kind of fruit tree
is a part of mamey, mammea americana, mammee, mammee apple, mammee tree
is a part of calocarpum zapota, mammee, marmalade tree, pouteria zapota, sapote
CIDE DICTIONARY
mammee, n. [Haitian mamey.].
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 . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mammee, n. a tropical American tree, Mammea americana, with large red-rinded yellow-pulped fruit.
Etymology
Sp. mamei f. Haitian
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