mammee

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum
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

Haitian mamey.

Beyond lay waving chapparel, where cocoa-palms and breadfruit trees intermixed with the mammee apple and the tendrils of the wild vine. — The Blue Lagoon: A Romance, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole

marmalade tree, sapote, Pouteria zapota, Calocarpum zapota

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