'Mammee' definitions:
Definition of 'mammee'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
noun
Tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind [syn: mammee apple, mammee, mamey, mammee tree, Mammea americana]
noun
Globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh [syn: mamey, mammee, mammee apple]
noun
Brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet [syn: sapote, mammee, marmalade plum]
Definition of 'Mammee'
From: GCIDE
- 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]