marmalade tree

marmalade tree
noun
tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum
• Hypernyms: ↑tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pouteria, ↑genus Pouteria
• Part Meronyms: ↑sapote, ↑mammee, ↑marmalade plum

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noun also marmalade plum
1. : a tropical American tree (Calocarpum zapota) that has wood like mahogany, large obovate leaves, and an egg-shaped single-seeded fruit
2. : mammee

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sapote (def. 1).
[1865-70]

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marmalade tree noun
A tropical American sapotaceous tree (Vitellaria, or Lucuma, mammosa) cultivated for its fruit, the marmalade plum
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Main Entry: ↑marmalade

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marmalade tree,
an evergreen Central American tree of the sapodilla family that yields a fruit whose pulp resembles marmalade. The fruit is used in preserves.

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  • Marmalade tree — Marmalade Mar ma*lade (m[aum]r m[.a]*l[=a]d), n. [F. marmelade, Pg. marmelada, fr. marm[ e]lo a quince, fr. L. melimelum honey apple, Gr. meli mhlon a sweet apple, an apple grafted on a quince; me li honey + mh^lon apple. Cf. {Mellifluous},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • marmalade tree — n. a tropical American evergreen tree (Calocarpum sapota) of the sapodilla family, bearing a plumlike fruit used for preserving: also called marmalade plum …   English World dictionary

  • marmalade-tree — marmeladinis sargetis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Sapotinių šeimos vaisinis augalas (Pouteria sapota), paplitęs atogrąžų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Achras lucuma; Calocarpum sapota; Lucuma mammosa; Pouteria sapota; Sideroxylon sapota… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • marmalade tree — /ˈmaməleɪd tri/ (say mahmuhlayd tree) noun a sapotaceous tree, Calocarpum sapota, of tropical America, with a durable wood resembling mahogany and a fruit used in preserving …  

  • marmalade tree — sapote (def. 1). [1865 70] * * * …   Universalium

  • Marmalade — Mar ma*lade (m[aum]r m[.a]*l[=a]d), n. [F. marmelade, Pg. marmelada, fr. marm[ e]lo a quince, fr. L. melimelum honey apple, Gr. meli mhlon a sweet apple, an apple grafted on a quince; me li honey + mh^lon apple. Cf. {Mellifluous}, {Melon}.] A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • marmalade — Mar ma*lade (m[aum]r m[.a]*l[=a]d), n. [F. marmelade, Pg. marmelada, fr. marm[ e]lo a quince, fr. L. melimelum honey apple, Gr. meli mhlon a sweet apple, an apple grafted on a quince; me li honey + mh^lon apple. Cf. {Mellifluous}, {Melon}.] A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • marmalade plum — noun brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet • Syn: ↑sapote, ↑mammee • Hypernyms: ↑edible fruit • Part Holonyms: ↑marmalade tree, ↑mammee, ↑sapote, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • marmalade-plum — marmeladinis sargetis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Sapotinių šeimos vaisinis augalas (Pouteria sapota), paplitęs atogrąžų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Achras lucuma; Calocarpum sapota; Lucuma mammosa; Pouteria sapota; Sideroxylon sapota… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • marmalade — late 15c., from M.Fr. marmelade, from Port. marmelada quince jelly, marmalade, from marmelo quince, by dissimilation from L. melimelum sweet apple, originally fruit of an apple tree grafted onto quince, from Gk. melimelon, from meli honey (see… …   Etymology dictionary

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