POND APPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pond apple mean? 

• POND APPLE (noun)
  The noun POND APPLE has 2 senses:

1. small evergreen tree of tropical America with edible fruit; used chiefly as grafting stock

2. ovoid yellow fruit with very fragrant peach-colored flesh; related to custard apples

  Familiarity information: POND APPLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POND APPLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small evergreen tree of tropical America with edible fruit; used chiefly as grafting stock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Annona glabra; pond-apple tree; pond apple

Hypernyms ("pond apple" is a kind of...):

custard apple; custard apple tree (any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp)

Meronyms (parts of "pond apple"):

pond apple (ovoid yellow fruit with very fragrant peach-colored flesh; related to custard apples)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Ovoid yellow fruit with very fragrant peach-colored flesh; related to custard apples

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("pond apple" is a kind of...):

custard apple (the fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulp)

Holonyms ("pond apple" is a part of...):

Annona glabra; pond-apple tree; pond apple (small evergreen tree of tropical America with edible fruit; used chiefly as grafting stock)