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JAMAICA APPLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Jamaica apple mean?
• JAMAICA APPLE (noun)
The noun JAMAICA APPLE has 1 sense:
1. large heart-shaped tropical fruit with soft acid pulp
Familiarity information: JAMAICA APPLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large heart-shaped tropical fruit with soft acid pulp
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
bullock's heart; Jamaica apple
Hypernyms ("Jamaica apple" is a kind of...):
custard apple (the fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulp)
Holonyms ("Jamaica apple" is a part of...):
Annona reticulata; bullock's heart; bullock's heart tree; bullock heart (small tropical American tree bearing a bristly heart-shaped acid tropical fruit)
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