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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
cherimoyer .
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Examples
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The green armor-like skin of the chirimoya is cut open to reveal a sweet, custardy white flesh.
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Of the same family as the chirimoya is the guanabana (Anona muricata), or sour sop, an unattractive name for so delicious a fruit.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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I also tried chirimoya which is a green fruit with white flesha and big black seeds.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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The "Divine Sin" in question is actually a cocktail that Peruvian expert Eladio Espinoza has created from two products that Peru is most proud of: Pisco, a liquor and chirimoya, a type of custard apple.
Ecological Ain't the Same As Good for You Steve Carper 2008
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Used in ice cream and ices, the chirimoya makes a nice sauce for topping desserts, pancakes and waffles.
Exotic summer refreshment: a guide to Mexico's tropical fruit 2007
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Used in ice cream and ices, the chirimoya makes a nice sauce for topping desserts, pancakes and waffles.
Exotic summer refreshment: a guide to Mexico's tropical fruit 2007
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Atemoya: manmade hybrid of chirimoya and saramuyo (both described below)
Exotic summer refreshment: a guide to Mexico's tropical fruit 2007
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Atemoya: manmade hybrid of chirimoya and saramuyo (both described below)
Exotic summer refreshment: a guide to Mexico's tropical fruit 2007
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In spanish we call them *chirimoya*, they are so tasty
Custard Apple: Try It, You'll Like It Brilynn 2008
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Mention vanilla, and people are apt to think of the ice-cream flavor they select when confronted with a mind-boggling choice involving everything from chirimoya to cheesecake: "just plain vanilla."
yarb commented on the word chirimoya
Aka custard apple. Green skin, white flesh, black pits.
October 20, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word chirimoya
"Then came fruit, including the Peruvian version of the custard-apple, the chirimoya at its best..."
--O'Brian, The Wine-Dark Sea, 144
March 14, 2008
yarb commented on the word chirimoya
I fear the obscurity of your O'Brian offerings is on the wane, cb. Of today's crop at least five were known to me; normally I'm lucky if there's one that's familiar.
March 14, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word chirimoya
I noticed the same thing. If I hadn't read, in recent years, a bunch of books on the history of Peru, there'd be many more. I think it's just where this portion of this book is set. Plus the fact that SOME people have actually BEEN to Peru. *stomps off in a toddler huff*
March 14, 2008