cherimoya

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Pawpaws are in the same family as the custard-apple, cherimoya, sweetsop, ylang-ylang and soursop, and have similar taste and texture to these fruits.

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  1. noun A tropical American tree (Annona cherimola) having heart-shaped, edible fruits with green skin and white aromatic flesh.
  2. noun The fruit of this plant.

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  • Pawpaws are in the same family as the custard-apple, cherimoya, sweetsop, ylang-ylang and soursop, and have similar taste and texture to these fruits. —  The Kitchn
  • You forgot to mention that this fruit is pink! very important to those of us who parent girls of a certain age … Also, right to the left of this lovely collection of dragon fruit there seems to be a lovely collection of cherimoya, which to my taste is even a better fruit to celebrate. —  Discover Blogs
  • 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
  • Hurrah! the staff of life was secure But, more than this, there were fruits in abundance: there were mangoes and guavas, oranges and the celebrated cherimoya--the favourite of Peru. —  The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon
 

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  1. American Spanish, from Quechua chirimuya.
 

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