mammee apple

Questions about mammee apple

What does mammee apple mean?

mammee apple means "tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for mammee apple?

Close synonyms include mammee, mamey, mammee tree, Mammea americana, mamey. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mammee apple a common word?

mammee apple is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.