MANGO (mangoes)

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Irregular inflected form: mangoes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does mango mean? 

• MANGO (noun)
  The noun MANGO has 2 senses:

1. large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit

2. large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed

  Familiarity information: MANGO used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANGO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Mangifera indica; mango; mango tree

Hypernyms ("mango" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "mango"):

mango (large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed)

Holonyms ("mango" is a member of...):

genus Mangifera; Mangifera (tropical tree native to Asia bearing fleshy fruit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("mango" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("mango" is a part of...):

Mangifera indica; mango; mango tree (large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit)

 Context examples 

He explains that ethanol was used to extract phytochemicals from dried mango leaves and various concentrations tested for maximum corrosion resistance.

(Mango leaf extract can stop ships from rusting, SciDev.Net)

Previous attempts at making filters out of materials such as groundnut shell, mango leaf, rice husk and sugarcane bagasse, met with limited success.

(Watermelon rind a cheap filter for arsenic in groundwater, SciDev.Net)

According to Nishanth K. Gopalan, leader of the team from the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, mango leaves were selected for their anti-oxidant properties and their abundant content of polyphenols, which are known to resist corrosion.

(Mango leaf extract can stop ships from rusting, SciDev.Net)

A team of Indian scientists has developed a compound from the leaf of the mango (Mangifera indica) tree that can protect ships from rusting and which is far more efficient than synthetic paints while also being non-toxic and environment-friendly.

(Mango leaf extract can stop ships from rusting, SciDev.Net)

Gopalan tells that the compound, made by using epoxy as a base and incorporating mango leaf extracts in a substrate of amorphous silica, achieved 99 per cent inhibition of corrosion in commercial steel when immersed in a saline medium to mimic seawater.

(Mango leaf extract can stop ships from rusting, SciDev.Net)