custard apple

custard apple

n. In both senses also called bullock's heart.

1. Any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona, especially A. reticulata, having large, nearly heart-shaped edible fruits with white to yellowish flesh.

2. The fruit of any of these trees.

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[So called because its pulp resembles custard.]

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custard apple

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a West Indian tree, Annona reticulata: family Annonaceae

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the large heart-shaped fruit of this tree, which has a fleshy edible pulp

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several related trees or fruits, esp the papaw and sweetsop Also called (for senses 1, 2) bullock's heart

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	custard apple - any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp custard apple tree custard apple - the fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulp Annona, genus Annona - type genus of the Annonaceae; tropical American trees or shrubs Annona cherimola, cherimoya, cherimoya tree - small tropical American tree bearing round or oblong fruit Annona diversifolia, ilama, ilama tree - tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit Annona muricata, prickly custard apple, soursop, soursop tree - small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit Annona reticulata, bullock heart, bullock's heart, bullock's heart tree - small tropical American tree bearing a bristly heart-shaped acid tropical fruit Annona squamosa, sweetsop, sweetsop tree - tropical American tree bearing sweet pulpy fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds Annona glabra, pond apple, pond-apple tree - small evergreen tree of tropical America with edible fruit; used chiefly as grafting stock Asimina triloba, papaw, papaw tree, pawpaw - small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit
	2.	custard apple - the fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulp edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh cherimolla, cherimoya - large tropical fruit with leathery skin and soft pulp; related to custard apples guanabana, soursop - large spiny tropical fruit with tart pulp related to custard apples Jamaica apple, bullock's heart - large heart-shaped tropical fruit with soft acid pulp annon, sugar apple, sweetsop - sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds ilama - whitish tropical fruit with a pinkish tinge related to custard apples; grown in the southern United States pond apple - ovoid yellow fruit with very fragrant peach-colored flesh; related to custard apples custard apple, custard apple tree - any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp