Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tree that is a hybrid between the cherimoya and the sweetsop, cultivated for its conical or heart-shaped fruit with edible sweet white flesh.
- noun The fruit of this tree.
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- noun A
hybrid between acherimoya and asweetsop - noun The
tree that bears thisfruit
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Oh man, those (on left) aren't cherimoya - they're atemoya, which is some kind of hybrid that is even better!
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Oh man, those (on left) aren't cherimoya - they're atemoya, which is some kind of hybrid that is even better!
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Cherimoya and Atemoya The cherimoya and atemoya are tree fruits of species in the genus Annona, a native of tropical and subtropical South America the soursop or guanabana and the custard apple belong to the same genus.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Cherimoya and Atemoya The cherimoya and atemoya are tree fruits of species in the genus Annona, a native of tropical and subtropical South America the soursop or guanabana and the custard apple belong to the same genus.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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(S) Thrives in lowland tropics; seeds will usually become another atemoya but occasionally grows into one of the parents-grafting very common; germination time averages at about 4 weeks; delicious fruit.
28 additional technical notes about tropical agriculture 1996
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A walk around the garden is a lesson in the diversity of things that can thrive in this climate: tiny turkey figs, knobby atemoya, towering banana trees.
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The fruit on the left looks like a Sugar-apple, which crossed with a cherimoya will produce the atemoya.
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The fruit on the left looks like a Sugar-apple, which crossed with a cherimoya will produce the atemoya.
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'cause that's the only place I've ever seen atemoya …
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'cause that's the only place I've ever seen atemoya …
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