English > custard apple tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp. |
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| Synonym | custard apple |
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| Member of | Annona, genus Annona | type genus of the Annonaceae |
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| Parts | custard apple | The fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulp |
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| Narrower | bullock's heart, bullock's heart tree, bullock heart, Annona reticulata | small tropical American tree bearing a bristly heart-shaped acid tropical fruit |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | chirimoyo |
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| Catalan | xirimoier |
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