Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An evergreen tree or shrub, Anona squamosa, native in tropical America, cultivated and naturalized in hot climates elsewhere; also, its fruit, which consists of a thick rind with projecting scales, containing a sweet pulp. In India called custard-apple, a name properly belonging to A. reticulata. Also sweet-apple.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) A kind of custard apple (Anona squamosa). See under custard.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds
  • noun tropical American tree bearing sweet pulpy fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds

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Examples

  • -- The sweet-sop, a native of the Malay Islands, where it is grown for its fruits.

    Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture William Saunders 1861

  • The former were the custard-apple or sweet-sop (_Annona squamosa_), the sour-sop (_A. muricata_), the Madeiran

    To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Richard Francis Burton 1855

  • Margareta or at Cumana: the chirimoya (very different from the custard-apple and sweet-sop of the West India Islands) at Loxa in Peru; the grenadilla, or parcha, at Caracas; and the pine-apple at Esmeralda, or in the island of Cuba.

    Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

  • Cumana: the chirimoya (very different from the custard-apple and sweet-sop of the West India Islands) at Loxa in Peru; the grenadilla, or parcha, at Caracas; and the pine-apple at Esmeralda, or in the island of Cuba.

    Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

  • There are, however, several kinds of fruit besides those which have been already mentioned; particularly the sweet-sop, which is well known to the West Indians, and a small oval fruit, called the _blimbi_, both of which grow upon trees.

    A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 Robert Kerr 1784

  • a friar: from the Spanish amo, master. amores-secos: "Barren loves," a low-growing weed whose small, angular pods adhere to clothing. andas: A platform with handles, on which an image is borne in a procession. asuang: A malignant devil reputed to feed upon human flesh, being especially fond of new-born babes. até: The sweet-sop.

    The Social Cancer Jos�� Rizal 1878

  • There are no fruit on this one here, won’t be until August— Annona squamosa, sweet-sop or custard apple, seedless Brazilian variety.

    Blood Test Jonathan Kellerman 1986

  • There are no fruit on this one here, won’t be until August— Annona squamosa, sweet-sop or custard apple, seedless Brazilian variety.

    Blood Test Jonathan Kellerman 1986

  • There are no fruit on this one here, won’t be until August— Annona squamosa, sweet-sop or custard apple, seedless Brazilian variety.

    Blood Test Jonathan Kellerman 1986

  • "I mean to walk up to Briton's Mead, and give Edward Benden a sweet-sop to his supper.

    All's Well Alice's Victory Emily Sarah Holt 1864

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