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MAMMEE TREE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind

Synonyms:

mamey; Mammea americana; mammee; mammee apple; mammee tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("mammee tree" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "mammee tree"):

mamey; mammee; mammee apple (globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh)

Holonyms ("mammee tree" is a member of...):

genus Mammea; Mammea (American and Asiatic trees having edible one-seeded fruit)

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