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MAMEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mamey mean?
• MAMEY (noun)
The noun MAMEY has 2 senses:
1. tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind
2. globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh
Familiarity information: MAMEY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
mamey; Mammea americana; mammee; mammee apple; mammee tree
Hypernyms ("mamey" is a kind of...):
fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)
Meronyms (parts of "mamey"):
mamey; mammee; mammee apple (globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh)
Holonyms ("mamey" is a member of...):
genus Mammea; Mammea (American and Asiatic trees having edible one-seeded fruit)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
mamey; mammee; mammee apple
Hypernyms ("mamey" is a kind of...):
edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
Holonyms ("mamey" is a part of...):
mamey; Mammea americana; mammee; mammee apple; mammee tree (tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind)
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