1. Tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind
   "The sweet flesh of the mammee apple is often used in tropical desserts"; "The mammee tree's large round fruits have sweet orange flesh";
   - mammee apple, mamey, mammee tree, Mammea americana
    
2. Globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh
   "The mammee's unique flavour was often compared to a combination of sweet potato and pumpkin";
   - mamey, mammee apple
    
3. Tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit
   "The mammee's fruit has a distinctive reddish-brown flesh";
   - marmalade tree, sapote, Pouteria zapota, Calocarpum zapota
    
4. Brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet
   "They used mammees to create a unique sorbet flavour";
   - sapote, marmalade plum

Derived forms: mammees

Type of: edible fruit, fruit tree, tree

Part of: genus Mammea, genus Pouteria, Mammea, Pouteria

Encyclopedia: Mammee