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Custard apple

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custard apple

–noun
1. any of several trees of the genus Annona, as the cherimoya.
2. any of several other trees, as the pawpaw, Asimina triloba, bearing fruit with soft, edible pulp.
3. the fruit of any of these trees.

Origin:
1650–60
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custard apple  
n.   In both senses also called bullock's heart.
  1. Any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona, especially A. reticulata, having large, nearly heart-shaped edible fruits with white to yellowish flesh.

  2. The fruit of any of these trees.


[So called because its pulp resembles custard.]
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