mammee : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mammee	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for mammee
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mammee n tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum Synonym(s): marmalade tree, mammee, sapote, Pouteria zapota, Calocarpum zapota tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind Synonym(s): mammee apple, mammee, mamey, mammee tree, Mammea americana globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh Synonym(s): mamey, mammee, mammee apple brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet Synonym(s): sapote, mammee, marmalade plum
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mammee \Mammee"\, n. [Haytian mamey.] (Bot.) A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus {Mammea} ({M. Americana}); also, its fruit. The latter is large, covered with a thick, tough ring, and contains a bright yellow pulp of a pleasant taste and fragrant scent. It is often called {mammee* apple}.