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man⋅go⋅steen

  [mang-guh-steen]
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–noun
1. the juicy, edible fruit of an East Indian tree, Garcinia mangostana.
2. the tree itself.
Origin:
1590–1600; earlier mangostan < D < Malay manggis(h)utan (dial. manggista) a variety of mangosteen (manggis mangosteen + hutan forest)
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man·go·steen   (māng'gə-stēn')   
n.  

  1. A Malaysian evergreen tree (Garcinia mangostana) having thick leathery leaves and large edible berries.

  2. The berry of this tree, having a hard rind and five to seven seeds with a sweet juicy aril.


[Malay manggista, mangustan, variant of manggis.]
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mangosteen

(species Garcinia mangostana), handsome tropical tree of the family Clusiaceae, native to Southeast Asia, and its tart-sweet fruit. In Myanmar (Burma) it is called men-gu. Under favourable conditions, the slow-growing mangosteen tree can reach a height of 9.5 metres (31 feet). Individual trees have been reported to yield more than 1,000 fruits in a season.

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