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MAMMEA AMERICANA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind
Synonyms:
mamey; Mammea americana; mammee; mammee apple; mammee tree
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Mammea americana" is a kind of...):
fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)
Meronyms (parts of "Mammea americana"):
mamey; mammee; mammee apple (globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh)
Holonyms ("Mammea americana" is a member of...):
genus Mammea; Mammea (American and Asiatic trees having edible one-seeded fruit)