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Globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh
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mammee
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Mammee may refer to several New World tropical fruits or the trees which produce these fruits: Magnolia guatemalensis , in the Magnoliaceae family Mammea americana , in the Calophyllaceae family Pouteria sapota , in the Sapotaceae family
WordNet
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n. tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum [syn: marmalade tree , sapote , Pouteria zapota , Calocarpum zapota ] tropical American tree having edible fruit ...
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n. 1 An American fruit tree, ''Mammea americana''. 2 Its large fragrant fruit, with a thick tough ring surrounding bright yellow pulp.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...