guanabana

See also: guanábana

English

Alternative forms

• guanábana

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish guanábana, from Taíno.

Noun

guanabana (plural guanabanas)

1. The soursop or custard apple.
   • 2023 September 29, Molly Fitzpatrick, “He’s the Pawpaw King of Brooklyn. (What’s a Pawpaw?)”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     For a plant whose preferred growing region is the temperate zone of North America, the pawpaw is an uncannily exotic-tasting delicacy, a far-flung cousin of the tropical soursop, or guanábana.