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    ROSE APPLE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Fragrant oval yellowish tropical fruit used in jellies and confectionsplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

    Hypernyms ("rose apple" is a kind of...):

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

    Holonyms ("rose apple" is a part of...):

    Eugenia jambos; jambosa; rose-apple tree; rose apple (tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruitplay

    Synonyms:

    Eugenia jambos; jambosa; rose-apple tree; rose apple

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("rose apple" is a kind of...):

    fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

    Meronyms (parts of "rose apple"):

    rose apple (fragrant oval yellowish tropical fruit used in jellies and confections)

    Holonyms ("rose apple" is a member of...):

    Eugenia; genus Eugenia (tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood)

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