mammee

n 1: tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet

edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed

in the genus Calocarpum [syn: {marmalade tree}, {sapote},

{Pouteria zapota}, {Calocarpum zapota}]

2: tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery

rind [syn: {mammee apple}, {mamey}, {mammee tree}, {Mammea

americana}]

3: globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery

rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh [syn: {mamey}, {mammee

apple}]

4: brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet [syn: {sapote},

{marmalade plum}]