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Webster 1913 Edition


Lucuma

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Lu-cu′ma

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Noun.
(Bot.)
An American genus of sapotaceous trees bearing sweet and edible fruits.
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Lucuma mammosum
is called natural marmalade in the West Indies;
Lucuma Caimito
, of Peru, furnishes a delicious fruit called
lucuma
and
caimito
.