alligator apple

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Etymology

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From the fact that American alligators sometimes eat the fruit.

Noun

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alligator apple (countable and uncountable, plural alligator apples)

  1. 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
  2. Fruit of Annona glabra, oblong to spherical and roughly apple-sized.

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