mammee
/mæˈmiː/(亦作mamee, mamey)
noun
1
- (亦作mammee apple)a large tropical American tree having large edible red fruit with red rind and sweet yellow flesh曼密苹果树, 牛油果树。
1.1
- Mammea americana, family Guttiferae.拉丁名Mammea americana, 藤黄科。
2
- (亦作mammee sapote)a Central American tree having edible russet fruit with spicy red flesh蛋黄果树。
- ORIGIN: sapote from Spanish zapote 'sapodilla'.
2.1
- Pouteria sapota, family Sapotaceae.拉丁名Pouteria sapota, 山榄科。
词源
late 16th cent.: from Spanish mamei, from Taino.