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Definition of Star apple

1. Noun. Evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides.

Definition of Star apple

1. Noun. The fruit of a tropical tree, ''Chrysophyllum cainito'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Star Apple

Literary usage of Star apple

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

1. Fruit Recipes: A Manual of the Food Value of Fruits and Nine Hundred by Riley Maria Fletcher Berry (1907)
"The star apple (Chrysophyllum cainito) varies in colour with variety, (being purple or green), described by Kingsley as "an evergreen peach, shedding from ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The star apple (Chrysophyllum Cainito) is also a large tree which changes color ... "You are just as deceitful as a star apple" is a West Indian comment ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The star apple (Chrysophyllum Cainita) is also a large tree which changes color ... "You are just as deceitful as a star apple" is a West Indian comment ..."

4. Tropical Agriculture: The Climate, Soils, Cultural Methods, Crops, Live by Earley Vernon Wilcox (1916)
"star apple The star apple is a handsome tree, native of West Indies, ... There are several varieties of the star apple, some of which bear purplish and ..."

5. Tropical Agriculture: The Climate, Soils, Cultural Methods, Crops, Live by Earley Vernon Wilcox (1916)
"star apple The star apple is a handsome tree, native of West Indies, ... There are several varieties of the star apple, some of which bear purplish and ..."

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