custard_apple (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the expression *custard apple*:
NOUN	plant	custard apple, custard apple tree	any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp
NOUN	food	custard apple	the fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulp

English > *custard apple*: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp.
Synonym	custard apple tree
Member of	Annona, genus Annona	type genus of the Annonaceae
Parts	custard apple	The fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulp
Narrower	bullock's heart, bullock's heart tree, bullock heart, Annona reticulata	small tropical American tree bearing a bristly heart-shaped acid tropical fruit
	cherimoya, cherimoya tree, Annona cherimola	small tropical American tree bearing round or oblong fruit
	ilama, ilama tree, Annona diversifolia	Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit
	pawpaw, papaw, papaw tree, Asimina triloba	small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit
	pond apple, pond-apple tree, Annona glabra	small evergreen tree of tropical America with edible fruit
	soursop, prickly custard apple, soursop tree, Annona muricata	small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit
	sweetsop, sweetsop tree, Annona squamosa	Tropical American tree bearing sweet pulpy fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds
Broader	fruit tree	Tree bearing edible fruit
Spanish	chirimoyo
Catalan	xirimoier

English > *custard apple*: 2 senses > noun 2, food
Meaning	The fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulp.
Part of	custard apple, custard apple tree	Any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp
Narrower	bullock's heart, Jamaica apple	large heart-shaped tropical fruit with soft acid pulp
	cherimoya, cherimolla	large tropical fruit with leathery skin and soft pulp
	ilama	whitish tropical fruit with a pinkish tinge related to custard apples
	pond apple	ovoid yellow fruit with very fragrant peach-colored flesh
	soursop, guanabana	large spiny tropical fruit with tart pulp related to custard apples
	sweetsop, annon, sugar apple	Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds
Broader	edible fruit	edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
Spanish	chirimoya
Catalan	xirimoia

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