Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A tree (Mammea americana) of the West Indies and northern South America having glossy leaves, white fragrant flowers, and large edible brown fruit.
  • noun The fruit of this tree, having firm juicy yellow or orange flesh and toxic seeds.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The evergreen tree Mammea americana, or its edible fruit
  • noun The flowering plant Magnolia guatemalensis
  • noun A tree Pouteria sapota, or its fruit.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh
  • noun tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Spanish, from Arawak or Taíno.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Spanish mamey, from Taino.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word mamey.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.