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.
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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]