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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Mammee

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01 n. A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus Mammea (Mammea Americana); also, its fruit, called the mammee apple. The latter i…
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    A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus Mammea (Mammea Americana); also, its fruit, called the mammee apple. 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.(Bot.) Also: mammee apple
Syn. mammee apple, mammee, mamey, Mammea americana.