mammee

Plural: mammees

Noun

• An alternative spelling for mamey, a tropical tree and its fruit.
• tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum
• tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind
• globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh
• brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet
• An American fruit tree, Mammea americana.
• Its large fragrant fruit, with a thick tough ring surrounding bright yellow pulp.

Examples

• I used MAMMEE to score on a double word, realizing it’s a useful variant spelling.

Synonyms

Calocarpum zapota, mamey, Mammea americana, mammee apple, mammee tree, marmalade plum, marmalade tree, Pouteria zapota, sapote