mammee apple

3 definitions found

mammee apple - 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 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]

mammee apple - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mammee apple
      n 1: tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery
           rind [syn: mammee apple, mammee, mamey, mammee tree
           , Mammea americana]
      2: globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery
         rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh [syn: mamey,
         mammee, mammee apple]