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    MAMEY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish fleshplay

    Synonyms:

    mamey; mammee; mammee apple

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

    Hypernyms ("mamey" is a kind of...):

    edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

    Holonyms ("mamey" is a part of...):

    mamey; Mammea americana; mammee; mammee apple; mammee tree (tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rindplay

    Synonyms:

    mamey; Mammea americana; mammee; mammee apple; mammee tree

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("mamey" is a kind of...):

    fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

    Meronyms (parts of "mamey"):

    mamey; mammee; mammee apple (globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh)

    Holonyms ("mamey" is a member of...):

    genus Mammea; Mammea (American and Asiatic trees having edible one-seeded fruit)

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