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Mammee

noun
1.
Tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum.  Synonyms: Calocarpum zapota, marmalade tree, Pouteria zapota, sapote.
2.
Tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind.  Synonyms: mamey, Mammea americana, mammee apple, mammee tree.
3.
Globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh.  Synonyms: mamey, mammee apple.
4.
Brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet.  Synonyms: marmalade plum, sapote.





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Words linked to "Mammee" :   tree, genus Mammea, genus Pouteria, Mammea, edible fruit, Pouteria, mamey, Calocarpum zapota, fruit tree


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