Definition of Mammey

1. mamey [n -MEYS] - See also: mamey

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mammey

mammectomies
mammectomy
mammee
mammee apple
mammee apples
mammee tree
mammees
mammer
mammered
mammering
mammers
mammery
mammet
mammetry
mammets
mammey (current term)
mammeys
mammie
mammies
mammifer
mammiferous
mammifers
mammiform
mammil-
mammilated
mammilla
mammillae
mammillaplasty
mammillaria
mammillaries

Literary usage of Mammey

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

1. The British poets, including translations by British poets (1822)
"Thee, verdant mammey **, first her song should praise, 22 ...... mammey. ... The English commonly call it mammey sapota. There are two species of it, ..."

2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"Thee, verdant mammey, first, her song should praise : Ver. 461. ... The English commonly call it mammey-sapota. There are two species of it, the sweet, ..."

3. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1913)
"The mammey of the West Indies (Mammea americana) is sometimes described as a fruit of only medium size, hard, and with large seeds, and the flesh resembling ..."

4. Palmer's Index to "The Times" Newspaper (1869)
"... for Unlawful Possession, 23 а 11b 9d mammey, Sarah, for Attempted Suicide, 5 o Man (address refused), for Stealing a Pedometer, 19» 9d Man about Town, ..."

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