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MAMEY

• MAMEY (noun)
The noun MAMEY has 2 senses:

1. tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind
2. globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh

Familiarity information: MAMEY used as a noun is rare.

• MAMEY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

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

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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 apple; mammee

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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