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cherimoya

See also: Cherimoya

English edit

 
cherimoya tree
 
ripe cherimoya fruits

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish chirimoya, from Quechua chirimuya.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛɹɪˈmɔɪ.ə/

Noun edit

cherimoya (plural cherimoyas)

  1. A subtropical tree, Annona cherimola, native to mountainous areas of South America.
  2. A conical fruit with white flesh from that tree.
    Synonyms: custard apple, Jamaican apple
    • 1985 February 2, Marian Burros, “Cherimoya: Exotic and costly treat from west”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-11-03, page 44:
      To some it tastes like a pina colada without rum; to others, a cross between a strawberry and a pineapple. For natives of the Caribbean the cherimoya is a fruit that can be plucked from backyard trees for nothing.
    • 1994 January 12, David Karp, “Once considered exotic, some fruits become family”, in The New York Times‎[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-10-30:
      Mark Twain called the cherimoya "deliciousness itself," though others have described this heart-shaped, fist-sized fruit with pale-green leathery skin as "reptilian," like a "fossil artichoke" or "the finial for a giant four-poster bed."

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