Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tropical American tree (Annona cherimola) having heart-shaped, edible fruits with green skin and white aromatic flesh.
- noun The fruit of this plant.
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- noun A
subtropical tree, scientific name Annona cherimola, native tomountainous areas ofSouth America - noun A
conical fruit with white flesh from that tree.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small tropical American tree bearing round or oblong fruit
- noun large tropical fruit with leathery skin and soft pulp; related to custard apples
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The cherimoya is as delicious as the zapote; and like the zapote, it has to be very soft before it's ready to eat.
Strange Fruit 2004
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The cherimoya is generally (but not always) larger than the zapote.
Strange Fruit 2004
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All the webpages say so.) markgritter suggested that it tasted like the actual fruit form of Fruity Pebbles, and Timprov suggested the actual fruit form of white LifeSavers before going on to propose that the cherimoya is the answer to what fruit "fruit flavoring" is supposed to taste like.
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway markgritter 2009
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It's called cherimoya, and as the woman stocking the produce section at Rainbow reminded me twice, it's only in season, like, right now.
Boing Boing 2010
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It's called cherimoya, and as the woman stocking the produce section at Rainbow reminded me twice, it's only in season, like, right now.
Boing Boing Mark Frauenfelder 2010
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Late in October, for example, it occurred to Eduard that if he cut a cherimoya a custard apple with green indented skin and a creamy white interior into thin slices, the flesh looked like crabmeat; now a dish with cherimoya and spider crab is on the menu.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011
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Late in October, for example, it occurred to Eduard that if he cut a cherimoya a custard apple with green indented skin and a creamy white interior into thin slices, the flesh looked like crabmeat; now a dish with cherimoya and spider crab is on the menu.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011
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• Treat all fruits, but particularly bananas, plantains, cherimoya, and mangos, as garnishes, rather than major components of a meal.
THE NEW ATKINS FOR A NEW YOU Dr. Eric C. Westman 2010
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If you should happen to come across ripe cherimoya most likely in the winter months, please try this drink with peeled and diced pieces of that fabulous fruit.
Daisy’s Holiday Cooking Daisy Martinez 2010
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• Treat all fruits, but particularly bananas, plantains, cherimoya, and mangos, as garnishes, rather than major components of a meal.
THE NEW ATKINS FOR A NEW YOU Dr. Eric C. Westman 2010
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