mamey

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind
noun globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh

Borrowed from Spanish mamey, from Taíno.

En los puestos de fruta se encuentran las manzanas, los duraznos o melocotones, los higos y las brevas, guindas o cerezas, peras, nísperos, naranjas, mandarinas, limones, limas y toronjas, damascos o albaricoques, ciruelas, uvas negras o blancas, frutillas o fresas, bananas o plátanos, aparte de muchas otras frutas indígenas como la chirimoya, la papaya, la fruta de conde, la guayaba, el zapote, el mamey, el mango, el tamarindo, el guanábano y el aguacate. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson

mammee apple, mammee, mammee tree, Mammea americana

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