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Definition of Mango
1. Noun. Large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit.
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
Group relationships: Genus Mangifera, Mangifera
2. Noun. Large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed.
Definition of Mango
1. n. The fruit of the mango tree. It is rather larger than an apple, and of an ovoid shape. Some varieties are fleshy and luscious, and others tough and tasting of turpentine. The green fruit is pickled for market.
Definition of Mango
1. Noun. Any of various species of hummingbird of the genus ''Anthracothorax'', such as the Jamaican Mango. ¹
2. Noun. (botany) A tropical Asian fruit tree, ''Mangifera indica''. ¹
3. Noun. The fruit of the mango tree. ¹
4. Noun. A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing; a vegetable or fruit which has been mangoed. ¹
5. Noun. (US chiefly southern Midwest dated) A green bell pepper suitable for pickling. ¹
6. Noun. A type of muskmelon, ''Cucumis melo''. ¹
7. Noun. Any of various hummingbirds of the genus ''Anthracothorax''. (qualifier also often capitalized: Mango) ¹
8. Verb. To remove the innards of, stuff (especially with spicy foods), seal(,) and pickle or pour boiling vinegar over (a fruit). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mango
1. an edible tropical fruit [n -GOES or -GOS]
Medical Definition of Mango
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Origin: Pg. Manga, fr. Tamil mankay.
1. The fruit of the mango tree. It is rather larger than an apple, and of an ovoid shape. Some varieties are fleshy and luscious, and others tough and tasting of turpentine. The green fruit is pickled for market.
2. A green muskmelon stuffed and pickled.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mango
Literary usage of Mango
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)
"In a poor variety of mango the pulp is so full of fiber that the fruit is sucked
rather than eaten, and beginner« say it tastes like a hall of cotton ..."
2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"The mango is cultivated in bark beds of hothouses in various parts of the ...
mango, the name of a delicious East India fruit, produced by a tall tree with ..."
3. Buddhist Legends by Buddhaghosa, Eugene Watson Burlingame (1921)
"On the same day Ganda, the king's gardener, seeing a large ripe mango in a basket
of leaves made by red ants, drove away the crows which had been attracted ..."
4. The History of Cuba by Willis Fletcher Johnson (1920)
"CHAPTER XIX THE mango OF all Oriental fruits brought to the Occident, the golden
mango of India is undoubtedly king. For thousands of years, ..."
5. Dictionary and Grammar of the Language of Saʻa and Ulawa, Solomon Islands by Walter George Ivens (1918)
"... mango 1. vi, to be finished, completed; the adverb 'olo may be added : with
... mango, all of you; mango te'ete'e, finished for good and all. ..."
6. Spolia Zeylanica by National Museums of Sri Lanka, National Museums of Ceylon (1908)
"Ceremonial mango.—A fine example of a large brazen mango lias recently been
deposited in this Museum on loan by Mr. PE Pieris, MA, CCS It is made with a ..."
7. A New Malagasy-English Dictionary by James Richardson (1885)
"Not the mango tree, which in Malagasy is spelled MANGA. MA'NGO. ... Used of the
first bubbling of water before it begins to boil. mango'VY ..."
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