| 1. | a Society Islands tree, Spondias cytherea, of the cashew family, having whitish flowers and yellow, edible, plumlike fruit. |
| 2. | the fruit itself. |
am·ba·rel·la  (ām'bə-rěl'ə)  n. In both senses also called Otaheite apple.
[Sinhalese ämbarälla, from Sanskrit āmravāṭakaḥ, a kind of tree : āmraḥ, mango tree (from amlaḥ, tart) + vāṭakaḥ, diminutive of vāṭaḥ, enclosure, garden; see wer-4 in Indo-European roots.] |
| O·ta·hei·te apple (ō'tə-hē'tē, -hā'-) n. See ambarella. [After Otaheite (Tahiti).] |
