DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
3.14.253.152

Search for:
[Show options]
[Pronunciation] [Help] [Database Info] [Server Info]

1 definition found

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Man·go n.; pl. Mangoes
 1. The fruit of the mango tree. It is rather larger than an apple, and of an ovoid shape. Some varieties are fleshy and luscious, and others tough and tasting of turpentine. The green fruit is pickled for market.
 2. A green muskmelon stuffed and pickled.
 Mango bird Zool., an oriole (Oriolus kundoo), native of India.
 Mango fish Zool., a fish of the Ganges (Polynemus risua), highly esteemed for food.  It has several long, slender filaments below the pectoral fins.  It appears about the same time with the mango fruit, in April and May, whence the name.
 Mango tree Bot., an .