Mammee - Definition
mammee
n 1: tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet
edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in
the genus Calocarpum [syn: marmalade tree, mammee,
sapote, Pouteria zapota, Calocarpum zapota]
2: tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery
rind [syn: mammee apple, mammee, mamey, mammee tree,
Mammea americana]
3: globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery
rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh [syn: mamey,
mammee, mammee apple]
4: brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet [syn:
sapote, mammee, marmalade plum]