mamey
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• noun
The large, edible fruit of a tropical American tree, characterized by its rough, sandpaper-like brown skin, a large smooth pit, and sweet, creamy, reddish-orange flesh.
"She stopped at a local market in Miami to order a refreshing milkshake made from fresh mamey and sweet milk."
The tropical evergreen tree that bears the mamey fruit, native to Mexico and Central America and cultivated in tropical regions.
"The farmer planted several mamey saplings in the orchard, hoping they would establish deep roots before the rainy season."
Word Nuance & Usage
The term 'mamey' is most commonly used as shorthand for 'mamey sapote' (Pouteria sapota), though it can occasionally cause confusion when used to refer to the unrelated mammee apple (Mammea americana).
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed into English from Spanish 'mamey', which itself was adapted from the Taíno language spoken in the Caribbean.