mammee tree — noun tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind • Syn: ↑mammee apple, ↑mammee, ↑mamey, ↑Mammea americana • Hypernyms: ↑fruit tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Mammea, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Mammee apple — Full and longitudinally cut mammee apples Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae … Wikipedia
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mammee apple — n. (Bot.) A tropical American tree ({Mammea americana}) having edible fruit (the {mammee apple}) with a leathery rind. Syn: mammee, mamey, mammee tree, {Mammea americana}. [WordNet 1.5] 2. The globular or ovoid tropical fruit of the mammee tree… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mammee apple — n. (Bot.) A tropical American tree ({Mammea americana}) having edible fruit (the {mammee apple}) with a leathery rind. Syn: mammee, mamey, mammee tree, {Mammea americana}. [WordNet 1.5] 2. The globular or ovoid tropical fruit of the mammee tree… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mammee apple — 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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mammee apple — 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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mammee apple — noun 1. tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind • Syn: ↑mammee, ↑mamey, ↑mammee tree, ↑Mammea americana • Hypernyms: ↑fruit tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Mammea … Useful english dictionary
mammee — [mä mā′, mämē′] n. [Sp mamey < Taino] 1. a) any of a genus (Mammea) of West Indian trees of the Saint Johnswort family; specif., a tall, tropical, American tree ( M. americana) bearing a large, russet, apricot flavored fruit: also mammee apple … English World dictionary
mammee-sapota — mammeeˈ sapoˈta noun The marmalade tree or its fruit • • • Main Entry: ↑mammee … Useful english dictionary
