| 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. |

| custard apple n. In both senses also called bullock's heart.
[So called because its pulp resembles custard.] |