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mango

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man·go  (mngg)
n. pl. man·goes or man·gos
1.
a. A tropical Asian evergreen tree (Mangifera indica) cultivated for its edible fruit.
b. The ovoid fruit of this tree, having a smooth rind, sweet juicy flesh, and a flat one-seeded stone. It is eaten ripe or pickled when green.
2. Any of various types of pickle, especially a pickled stuffed sweet pepper.

[From Portuguese manga, fruit of the mango tree, from Malay manga, from Tamil mnky : mn, mango tree + ky, fruit.]

mango
Noun
pl -goes or -gos the egg-shaped edible fruit of a tropical Asian tree, with a smooth rind and sweet juicy flesh [Malay mangā]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mangomango - large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit
mango - large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed
fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit
genus Mangifera, Mangifera - tropical tree native to Asia bearing fleshy fruit
2.mango - large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed
edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
Mangifera indica, mango, mango tree - large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit
Translations
Spanish mango [pl mangoes] [ˈmæŋgəu] nmango
French mango [mangoes , pl ] [ˈmæŋgəu] nmangue f
German mango [ˈmæŋgəu] [mangoes , pl ] nMango f
Italian mango [pl mangoes] [ˈmæŋgəu] nmango

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Mango herself, of the great house of Mango, Plantain, and Co.
A mango grew in front of the house, and at the edge of the clearing were two flamboyants, twin trees, that challenged the gold of the cocoa-nuts with their scarlet flowers.
And they fared out from the gloom of the mango tope, the old man's high, shrill voice ringing across the field, as wail by long-drawn wail he unfolded the story of Nikal Seyn [Nicholson] - the song that men sing in the Punjab to this day.
 
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