Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

mammee

Pronunciation: /maˈmiː/

(also mamee, mamey)
Definition of mammee

noun

  • 1 (also mammee apple) a tropical American tree having large edible red fruit with sweet yellow flesh.
    • Mammea americana, family Guttiferae
  • 2 (also mammee sapote) a Central American tree having edible russet fruit with spicy red flesh.
    [sapote from Spanish zapote 'sapodilla']
    • Pouteria sapota, family Sapotaceae

Origin:

late 16th century: from Spanish mamei, from Taino

mammee in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of mammee in the US English dictionary
  |  Cite

Word of the day

kempt

/ kɛm(p)t /
adjective
maintained in a neat and clean condition …