mangosteen
/ˈmæŋgəʊstiːn/noun
1
- a tropical fruit with sweet juicy white segments of flesh inside a thick reddish-brown rind莽吉柿, 倒捻子。
2
- the slow-growing Malaysian tree which bears this fruit莽吉柿树, 倒捻子树。
2.1
- Garcinia mangostana, family Guttiferae.拉丁名Garcinia mangostana, 藤黄科。
词源
late 16th cent.: from Malay manggustan, dialect variant of manggis.