Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mammee"
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) 1.7 (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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