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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A tropical American tree (
Mammea americana ) having edible fruit (the mammee apple) with a leathery rind. - noun The globular or ovoid tropical fruit of the mammee tree (
Mammea americana ), having a thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh.
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- noun A South American fruit tree, Mammea americana
- noun The fruit of this tree
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- noun globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh
- noun tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind
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