Otaheite apple

Also found in: Wikipedia.

O`ta`hei´te ap´ple

(Bot.) The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree (Spondias dulcis), also called vi-apple. It is rather larger than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine, but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

Mentioned in ?

Vi-apple

References in periodicals archive ?

It has been introduced throughout the tropics, including many Caribbean countries and territories such as Jamaica where it is known simply as 'Jamaican apple' or the more common Otaheite apple.

How To Start And Make Money From Planting Malay Apple

I suspect the author meant Otaheite apple, a dark-maroon fruit, about the size and shape of a Bartlett pear, with a gently sweet, white flesh.

UPFRONT

The injury heightened her sense of smell: She can detect ripening mangoes and Otaheite apples as well as the tragedy that will involve her great-nephew, 6-year-old Kaia, and a group known as Babylon.