mammee Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum
sapote; Pouteria zapota; Calocarpum zapota; marmalade tree.
noun tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind
mamey; Mammea americana; mammee tree; mammee apple.
noun globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh
mamey; mammee apple.
noun brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet
sapote; marmalade plum.

Haytian mamey.

(Bot.) A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus Mammea (M. Americana); also, its fruit. The latter is large, covered with a thick, tough ring, and contains a bright yellow pulp of a pleasant taste and fragrant scent. It is often called mammee apple.