POND-APPLE TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pond-apple tree mean? 

• POND-APPLE TREE (noun)
  The noun POND-APPLE TREE has 1 sense:

1. small evergreen tree of tropical America with edible fruit; used chiefly as grafting stock

  Familiarity information: POND-APPLE TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POND-APPLE TREE (noun)

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Meaning:

Small evergreen tree of tropical America with edible fruit; used chiefly as grafting stock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Annona glabra; pond-apple tree; pond apple

Hypernyms ("pond-apple tree" is a kind of...):

custard apple; custard apple tree (any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp)

Meronyms (parts of "pond-apple tree"):

pond apple (ovoid yellow fruit with very fragrant peach-colored flesh; related to custard apples)