cherimoya
/ˌtʃerɪˈmɔɪə/(亦作chirimoya)
noun
1
- a kind of custard apple with a pineapple-like flavour and scaly green skin毛叶番荔枝。
2
- the small tree which bears this fruit, native to the Andes of Peru and Ecuador毛叶番荔枝树。
2.1
- Annona cherimola, family Annonaceae.拉丁名Annona cherimola,番荔枝科。
词源
mid 18th cent.: from Spanish， from Quechua， from chiri 'cold or refreshing'+muya 'circle'.