Otaheite apple
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O`ta`hei´te ap´ple
| 1. | (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.
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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.
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.
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.
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