pond apple

Questions about pond apple

What does pond apple mean?

pond apple means "small evergreen tree of tropical America with edible fruit; used chiefly as grafting stock". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for pond apple?

Close synonyms include pond-apple tree, Annona glabra. 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 pond apple a common word?

pond 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.