mammee

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}]
    

Mammee \Mam*mee"\, Mammee tree \Mam*mee" tree`\, n. [Haitian
   mamey.] (Bot.)
   A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus
   {Mammea} ({Mammea Americana}); also, its fruit, called the
   {mammee apple}. The latter is large, covered with a thick,
   tough ring, and contains a bright yellow pulp of a pleasant
   taste and fragrant scent. It is often called {mammee apple}.

   Syn: mammee apple, mammee, mamey, {Mammea americana}.
        [1913 Webster]