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[syn: star apple, caimito, Chrysophyllum cainito]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lucuma \Lu*cu"ma\, n. (Bot.)
An American genus of sapotaceous trees bearing sweet and
edible fruits.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Lucuma mammosum is called natural marmalade in the
West Indies; Lucuma Caimito, of Peru, furnishes a
delicious fruit called lucuma and caimito.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
caimito
n 1: evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having
edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark
green leaves with golden silky undersides [syn: star
apple, caimito, Chrysophyllum cainito]