|  mammee 
 
 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, sapote, Pouteria zapota, Calocarpum zapota
 • Hypernyms:
 tree
 • Member Holonyms:
 Pouteria, genus Pouteria
 • Part Meronyms:
 sapote, marmalade plum
 2. tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind
 • Syn:
 mammee apple, mamey, mammee tree, Mammea americana
 • Hypernyms:
 fruit tree
 • Member Holonyms:
 Mammea, genus Mammea
 • Part Meronyms:
 mamey, mammee apple
 3. globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh
 • Syn:
 mamey, mammee apple
 • Hypernyms:
 edible fruit
 • Part Holonyms:
 mammee apple, mamey, mammee tree, Mammea americana
 4. brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet
 • Syn:
 sapote, marmalade plum
 • Hypernyms:
 edible fruit
 • Part Holonyms:
 marmalade tree, sapote, Pouteria zapota, Calocarpum zapota
 
 
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