sweetsop tree

sweetsop tree
noun
tropical American tree bearing sweet pulpy fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds
Syn: ↑sweetsop, ↑Annona squamosa
Hypernyms: ↑custard apple, ↑custard apple tree
Part Meronyms: ↑sweetsop, ↑annon, ↑sugar apple

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • sweetsop — [swēt′säp΄] n. 1. a tropical American tree (Annona squamosa) of the custard apple family, having green fruit with a sweet pulp and black seeds 2. its edible fruit …   English World dictionary

  • sweetsop — /ˈswitsɒp/ (say sweetsop) noun 1. a tree cultivated in many tropical countries, Anona squamosa. 2. the sweet pulpy fruit of this tree, with a green scaly rind, and shining black seeds …  

  • sweetsop — /sweet sop /, n. 1. a sweet, pulpy fruit having a thin, tuberculate rind, borne by a tropical American tree or shrub, Annona squamosa, of the annona family. 2. the tree or shrub. Also called sugar apple. [1690 1700; SWEET + SOP] * * * ▪ tree also …   Universalium

  • sweetsop — sweet•sop [[t]ˈswitˌsɒp[/t]] n. 1) pln a sweet, pulpy fruit having a thin, tuberculate rind, borne by a tropical American tree or shrub, Annona squamosa, of the annona family 2) pln the tree or shrub Also called sugar apple • Etymology: 1690–1700 …   From formal English to slang

  • custard apple tree — noun any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp • Syn: ↑custard apple • Hypernyms: ↑fruit tree • Hyponyms: ↑cherimoya, ↑cherimoya tree, ↑Annona cherimola, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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

  • Annona squamosa — noun tropical American tree bearing sweet pulpy fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds • Syn: ↑sweetsop, ↑sweetsop tree • Hypernyms: ↑custard apple, ↑custard apple tree • Part Meronyms: ↑sweetsop, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • annon — noun sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds • Syn: ↑sweetsop, ↑sugar apple • Hypernyms: ↑custard apple • Part Holonyms: ↑sweetsop, ↑sweetsop tree, ↑A …   Useful english dictionary

  • sugar apple — noun sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds • Syn: ↑sweetsop, ↑annon • Hypernyms: ↑custard apple • Part Holonyms: ↑sweetsop, ↑sweetsop tree, ↑Annona squamosa …   Useful english dictionary

  • Annona reticulata — taxobox image caption = Custard Apple or Wild Sweetsop regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Magnoliids ordo = Magnoliales familia = Annonaceae genus = Annona species = A. reticulata binomial = Annona reticulata… …   Wikipedia

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