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Webster 1913 Edition
Mammee tree
Mam-mee′
,Mam-mee′ treeˊ
Noun.
[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
.