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MANGO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: mangoes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

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

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

Mangifera indica; mango; mango tree (large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit

Synonyms:

Mangifera indica; mango; mango tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "mango"):

mango (large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed)

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

genus Mangifera; Mangifera (tropical tree native to Asia bearing fleshy fruit)

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