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mammee

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mammee \Mam*mee"\, n. [Haytian mamey.] (Bot.)
   A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus
   {Mammea} ({M. Americana}); also, its fruit. 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}.

Source : WordNet®

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