| rose apple n. 1. A southeast Asian evergreen tree (Syzygium jambos) widely cultivated for its showy flowers and fragrant, cream-yellow, ovoid fruits that are used for jellies and confections. 2. The fruit of this plant. |
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an ornamental myrtaceous tree, Syzygium jambos, of the East Indies, cultivated in the tropics for its edible fruit
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| Noun | 1. |  rose apple - tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruitrose apple - fragrant oval yellowish tropical fruit used in jellies and confections Eugenia, genus Eugenia - tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit |
| 2. | rose apple - fragrant oval yellowish tropical fruit used in jellies and confections edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh Eugenia jambos, jambosa, rose apple, rose-apple tree - tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit |
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