atemoya

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Oh man, those (on left) aren't cherimoya - they're atemoya, which is some kind of hybrid that is even better!

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  1. noun A conical or heart-shaped green fruit with edible sweet white flesh.
  2. noun The tree producing this fruit, a hybrid between the cherimoya and the sweetsop.

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  • Oh man, those (on left) aren't cherimoya - they're atemoya, which is some kind of hybrid that is even better! —  Discover Blogs
  • The fruit on the left looks like a Sugar-apple, which crossed with a cherimoya will produce the atemoya. —  Discover Blogs
  • 'cause that's the only place I've ever seen atemoya … —  Discover Blogs
 

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  1. Philippine English ates, sweetsop (from Tagalog atis) + (cheri)moya.
 

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