Mammee Definition & Meaning

mammee
noun
  1. tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum
  2. tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind
  3. globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh
  4. brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet

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