mabolo
mabolo Lexical Profile
• noun
The edible, round fruit of a tropical tree native to the Philippines, closely related to the persimmon, featuring a reddish-brown skin covered in fine, velvety hairs and crisp, pale flesh with a cheese-like aroma.
"At the local market, she purchased a ripe mabolo and carefully peeled away its fuzzy skin to enjoy the sweet flesh inside."
The tropical evergreen tree (Diospyros discolor) that produces the mabolo fruit, often cultivated for its highly valued, extremely dense dark wood known as ironwood or kamagong.
"The carpenter sourced timber from a mature mabolo to craft the intricate, dark wood furniture."
• Rhymes for mabolo
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed into English from Tagalog 'mabolo', meaning 'hairy', a reference to the fine, velvety fuzz covering the fruit's skin.
Usage Trend
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