rose-apple tree

1. 1.

   tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit

   Synonymsrose applejambosaEugenia jambos

   Broaderfruit tree

   Part ofEugenia

   Partsrose apple

Questions about rose-apple tree

What does rose-apple tree mean?

rose-apple tree means "tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit".

What is another word for rose-apple tree?

Close synonyms include rose apple, jambosa, Eugenia jambos. 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 rose-apple tree a common word?

rose-apple tree is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.