vi-apple

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vi-apple - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Otaheite apple \O`ta*hei"te ap"ple\ [So named from Otaheite, or
     Tahiti, one of the Society Islands.] (Bot.)
     (a) The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree (Spondias   dulcis
         ), also called vi-apple. It is rather larger
         than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine,
         but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples.
     (b) A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree (Jambosa   Malaccensis
         ) which bears crimson berries.
         [1913 Webster]

  Vi-apple \Vi"-ap`ple\, n.
     See Otaheite apple.
     [1913 Webster]