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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mam·mee, Mam·mee tree n.  Bot. A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus Mammea (Mammea Americana); also, its fruit, called the mammee apple.  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.
 Syn: -- mammee apple, mammee, mamey, Mammea americana.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 mammee apple
      n 1: tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery
           rind [syn: mammee, mamey, mammee tree, Mammea
           americana]
      2: globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery
         rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh [syn: mamey, mammee]