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Definition of Jamaica apple
1. Noun. Large heart-shaped tropical fruit with soft acid pulp.
Exact synonyms: Bullock's Heart
Generic synonyms: Custard Apple
Group relationships: Annona Reticulata, Bullock Heart, Bullock's Heart, Bullock's Heart Tree
Generic synonyms: Custard Apple
Group relationships: Annona Reticulata, Bullock Heart, Bullock's Heart, Bullock's Heart Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jamaica Apple
Literary usage of Jamaica apple
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)
"JAMAICA-APPLE. Tree, 15-20 ft. high, with young growth scurfy-pubescent : flu.
opposite the ITS., greenish, and fragrant, th« exterior petals oblong-linear ..."
2. Outlines of Forestry: Or, The Elementary Principles Underlying the Science by Edwin James Houston (1893)
"... the Cherimoya, or Jamaica apple, a loose, spreading tree of the Custon Apple
family, attaining a height of twenty to twenty-five feet. ..."
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