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sweet⋅sop

  [sweet-sop]
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–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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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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sweetsop

(Annona squamosa), small tree or shrub of the custard apple, or Annonaceae, family. It has thin, oblong ovate leaves, solitary greenish flowers, and a yellowish green fruit resembling a shortened pinecone. The tuberculate fruit, the fusion of many ripened ovaries and the receptacle, is 7.5 to 10 cm (3 to 4 inches) in diameter and contains a sweet, creamy-yellow, custardlike pulp, which may be eaten raw. Native to the West Indies and tropical America, it has been widely introduced into the Eastern Hemisphere.

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