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Definition of Eggfruit
1. Noun. Ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies.
Generic synonyms: Edible Fruit
Group relationships: Canistel, Canistel Tree, Pouteria Campechiana Nervosa
Definition of Eggfruit
1. Noun. A fruit, the canistel. ¹
2. Noun. Another fruit, the lucmo ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eggfruit
1. a tropical tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eggfruit
Literary usage of Eggfruit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia: From the Earliest Ages to the by James Baillie Fraser (1834)
"... radishes, celery, onions, garlic parsley, eggfruit, cucumbers, and others,
yield not in excellence to those in Europe. ..."
2. Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia, from the Earliest Ages to the by James Baillie Fraser (1842)
"... peas and beans, radishes, celery, onions, garlic parsley, eggfruit, cucumbers,
and others, yield not in excellence to those in Europe. ..."
3. Sun Hunting: Adventures and Observations Among the Native and Migratory by Kenneth Lewis Roberts (1922)
"... various sorts of mangoes, fifty-seven different varieties of orange, a number
of crosses between oranges and other things, grapefruit, eggfruit, dates, ..."
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