marmalade tree

marmalade tree

n

(Plants) a tropical American sapotaceous tree, Calocarpum sapota, with durable wood: its fruit is used to make preserves. Also called: mamey

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marmalade tree - tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum Calocarpum zapota, mammee, Pouteria zapota, sapote marmalade plum, sapote, mammee - brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet genus Pouteria, Pouteria - tropical American timber tree with edible fruit (canistel) tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

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