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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind;
[syn: mammee apple, mammee, mamey, mammee tree, Mammea americana]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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 ring, and contains a bright yellow pulp of a pleasant taste and fragrant scent. It is often called mammee apple. Syn: mammee apple, mammee, mamey, Mammea americana. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mammee tree n 1: tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind [syn: mammee apple, mammee, mamey, mammee tree, Mammea americana]