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sugar apple

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sweet⋅sop

[sweet-sop]
–noun
1. a sweet, pulpy fruit having a thin, tuberculate rind, borne by a tropical American tree or shrub, Annona squamosa, of the annona family.
2. the tree or shrub.
Also called sugar apple.


Origin:
1690–1700; sweet + sop
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sugar apple  
n.  See sweetsop.
sweet·sop   (swēt'sŏp')   
n.  
  1. A tropical American evergreen tree (Annona squamosa) widely cultivated for its yellowish-green fruit with sweet edible pulp.

  2. The fruit of this tree. Also called sugar apple.

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