MANGO

mango

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

mango, mango tree, Mangifera indica

(noun) large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

mango (countable and uncountable, plural mangoes or mangos)

A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica.

The fruit of the mango tree.

A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing; a vegetable or fruit which has been mangoed.

(US, chiefly, southern Midwest US, dated) A green bell pepper suitable for pickling.

A type of muskmelon, Cucumis melo.

Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax.

A yellow-orange color, like that of mango flesh.

Hypernyms

• (tropical fruit tree Mangifera indica): fruit tree, tree

• (fruit): fruit, stone fruit, tropical fruit

Verb

mango (third-person singular simple present mangoes, present participle mangoing, simple past and past participle mangoed)

(uncommon) To stuff and pickle (a fruit).

Anagrams

• Gamon, Mogan, among, ang mo, goman, ngoma

Source: Wiktionary

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Man"go, n.; pl. Mangoes. Etym: [Pg. manga, fr. Tamil mankay.]

1. The fruit of the mango tree. It is rather larger than an apple, and of an ovoid shape. Some varieties are fleshy and luscious, and others tough and tasting of turpentine. The green fruit is pickled for market.

2. A green muskmelon stuffed and pickled. Mango bird (Zoöl.), an oriole (Oriolus kundoo), native of India.

– Mango fish (Zoöl.), a fish of the Ganges (Polynemus risua), highly esteemed for food. It has several long, slender filaments below the pectoral fins. It appears about the same time with the mango fruit, in April and May, whence the name.

– Mango tree (Bot.), an East Indian tree of the genus Mangifera (M. Indica), related to the cashew and the sumac. It grows to a large size, and produces the mango of commerce. It is now cultivated in tropical America.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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