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SWEETSOP
sweetsop, annon, sugar apple
(noun) sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds
sweetsop, sweetsop tree, Annona squamosa
(noun) tropical American tree bearing sweet pulpy fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sweetsop (plural sweetsops)
The sugar apple, Annona squamosa.
The tropical American evergreen tree on which it grows.
Coordinate terms
• soursop
Source: Wiktionary
Sweet"-sop`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A kind of custard apple (Anona squamosa). See under Custard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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