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 .

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 mango tree n. An East Indian tree of the genus Mangifera (Mangifera Indica), related to the cashew and the sumac.  It grows to a large size, and produces a large oval smooth-skinned fruit which is the mango of commerce.  It is now cultivated in tropical America.

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 mango tree
      n : large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval
          smooth-skinned fruit [syn: mango, Mangifera indica]