MARMALADE TREE
Dictionary entry overview: What does marmalade tree mean? • MARMALADE TREE (noun)
The noun MARMALADE TREE has 1 sense:
1. tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum
Familiarity information: MARMALADE TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MARMALADE TREE (noun)
Meaning:
Tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Calocarpum zapota; mammee; marmalade tree; Pouteria zapota; sapote
Hypernyms ("marmalade tree" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Meronyms (parts of "marmalade tree"):
mammee; marmalade plum; sapote (brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet)
Holonyms ("marmalade tree" is a member of...):
genus Pouteria; Pouteria (tropical American timber tree with edible fruit (canistel))
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