alligator apple
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the fact that American alligators sometimes eat the fruit.
Noun[edit]
alligator apple (countable and uncountable, plural alligator apples)
- A tropical fruit tree, of species Annona glabra, that grows in swamps in the tropical Americas and West Africa.
- Synonyms: pond apple, swamp apple, corkwood, bobwood, monkey apple
- Fruit of Annona glabra, oblong to spherical and roughly apple-sized.
Translations[edit]
Annona glabra
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