mammee tree

2 definitions found

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

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