POND-APPLE TREE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Small evergreen tree of tropical America with edible fruit; used chiefly as grafting stock

Synonyms:

Annona glabra; pond-apple tree; pond apple

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pond-apple tree" is a kind of...):

custard apple; custard apple tree (any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp)

Meronyms (parts of "pond-apple tree"):

pond apple (ovoid yellow fruit with very fragrant peach-colored flesh; related to custard apples)