Definition of Marmalade plum

1. Noun. Brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet.

Exact synonyms: Mammee, Sapote
Generic synonyms: Edible Fruit
Group relationships: Calocarpum Zapota, Mammee, Marmalade Tree, Pouteria Zapota, Sapote

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marmalade Plum

marlite
marlites
marlitic
marlpit
marls
marlstone
marlstones
marly
marm
marma
marmalade
marmalade box
marmalade bush
marmalade dropper
marmalade orange
marmalade plum (current term)
marmalade tree
marmaladed
marmalades
marmaladey
marmalading
marmalady
marmalet
marmalets
marmalise
marmalised
marmalises
marmalising
marmalize
marmalized

Literary usage of Marmalade plum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"... produces the marmalade plum (Fig. 1321), which has a rough and rusty skin and russet-colored edible pulp. This flue fruit grows wild in the West Indies ..."

2. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1902)
"... for it was found wild there from the sixteenth century, but with every evidence of recent naturalization.^ 18. marmalade plum. The marmalade plum ..."

3. Official Handbook of the Philippines and Catalogue of the Philippine Exhibit by Philippines Exposition Board, Gustavo Niederlein, William Powell Wilson (1903)
"... almost the entire Archipelago; sometimes planted for its fruit, leaves, shoots, and roots, which are used for various purposes. MAMEY (marmalade plum). ..."

4. Report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands by Philippines Governor (1907)
"... sometimes planted for its fruit, leaves, shoots, and roots, which are used for various purposes. MAMEY (marmalade plum). ... marmalade plum. See Mamey. ..."

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