Custard apple — Custard apple, a common name, can refer to: Custard apple, also called bull s heart, the fruit of the tree Annona reticulata. The custard apple tree itself, Annona reticulata[1][2] The term may also refer to: Annonaceae the custard apple or… … Wikipedia
custard apple — noun 1. any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp • Syn: ↑custard apple tree • Hypernyms: ↑fruit tree • Hyponyms: ↑cherimoya, ↑cherimoya tree, ↑Annona cherimo … Useful english dictionary
Custard apple — Custard Cus tard (k[u^]s t[ e]rd), n. [Prob. the same word as OE. crustade, crustate, a pie made with a crust, fr. L. crustatus covered with a crust, p. p. of crustare, fr. crusta crust; cf. OF. croustade pasty, It. crostata, or F. coutarde. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pond-apple tree — noun small evergreen tree of tropical America with edible fruit; used chiefly as grafting stock • Syn: ↑pond apple, ↑Annona glabra • Hypernyms: ↑custard apple, ↑custard apple tree • Part Meronyms: ↑pond apple … Useful english dictionary
Custard-apple — The tree also grows in Egypt,but the fruit is quite greenish in color not brown or yellowish.The common name for the fruit in Egypt is Kishta . For other uses, see Custard apple. The cross and section of A. reticulata The custard apple, also… … Wikipedia
custard apple — noun Date: 1657 1. a. any of several chiefly tropical American soft fleshed edible fruits b. any of a genus (Annona of the family Annonaceae, the custard apple family) of trees or shrubs bearing this fruit; especially a small West Indian tree (A … New Collegiate Dictionary
prickly custard apple — noun small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit • Syn: ↑soursop, ↑soursop tree, ↑Annona muricata • Hypernyms: ↑custard apple, ↑custard apple tree • Part Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
custard apple — noun 1》 a large fleshy tropical fruit with a sweet yellow pulp. 2》 the tree which bears custard apples, native to Central and South America. [Genus Annona: several species.] … English new terms dictionary
custard apple — noun a) A tree native to the tropical New World. Scientific name: Annona reticulata. b) The fruit of this tree. Syn: bullock heart, bullock’s heart, bull’s heart … Wiktionary
custard apple — /ˈkʌstəd æpəl/ (say kustuhd apuhl) noun 1. the fruit of the sub tropical deciduous tree Annona atemoya, a hybrid of A. squamosa (sweetsop) and A. cherimola (cherimoya), possessing soft edible pulp. 2. the tree itself …
