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mammee |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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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