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Definition of Rose apple

1. Noun. Tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit.

2. Noun. Fragrant oval yellowish tropical fruit used in jellies and confections.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rose Apple

rose-cheeked rose-colored rose-colored pastor rose-colored starling rose-coloured rose-cut rose-garden rose-petal rose-petals rose-red

rose-ringed parakeet rose-root rose acacia rose apple (current term) rose bay rose bed rose beetle rose bengal rose bengal radioactive test rose bug

rose burner rose campion rose cephalic tetanus rose chafer rose chafers rose chestnut rose cold rose curve

Literary usage of Rose apple

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

1. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1852)
"Above we givo a portrait of the Summer rose apple. Mr. Downing says it ¡sa very pretty and very excellent apple, highly esteemed as a dessert fruit. ..."

2. A Residence at Sierra Leone: Described from a Journal Kept on the Spot, and by Elizabeth Colville Colville of Culross, Elizabeth Melville, Caroline Sheridan Norton (1849)
"... Tropical Scenery — Rose-apple — Drive to Freetown — Household Perplexities — Sea-breeze— Harmattan — Fruit and Vegetables — Prices of Provisions. ..."

3. Buddhist Legends by Buddhaghosa, Eugene Watson Burlingame (1921)
"So, placing a branch of rose-apple in her hands,1 [223] they dismissed her ... Adopting the name "Nun of the Rose-Apple," she left the hermitage and went ..."

4. The Everglades and Other Essays Relating to Southern Florida by John Clayton Gifford (1912)
"Closely related to the guava is the rose apple, the fruits of which have such a ... Enter a narrow tropical valley in a thicket of rose apple, with rose ..."

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