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MAMEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mamey mean? 

MAMEY (noun)
  The noun MAMEY has 2 senses:

1. tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rindplay

2. globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish fleshplay

  Familiarity information: MAMEY used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAMEY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

mamey; Mammea americana; mammee; mammee apple; mammee tree

Hypernyms ("mamey" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "mamey"):

mamey; mammee; mammee apple (globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh)

Holonyms ("mamey" is a member of...):

genus Mammea; Mammea (American and Asiatic trees having edible one-seeded fruit)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

mamey; mammee; mammee apple

Hypernyms ("mamey" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("mamey" is a part of...):

mamey; Mammea americana; mammee; mammee apple; mammee tree (tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind)


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