mammee

2 definitions found

mammee - 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]

mammee - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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, mammee,
           sapote, Pouteria zapota, Calocarpum zapota]
      2: tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery
         rind [syn: mammee apple, mammee, 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, mammee apple]
      4: brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet [syn:
         sapote, mammee, marmalade plum]