alligator apple

English

Etymology

From the fact that American alligators sometimes eat the fruit.

Noun

alligator apple (countable and uncountable, plural alligator apples)

1. A tropical fruit tree, of species Annona glabra, that grows in swamps in the tropical Americas and West Africa.

   Synonyms: pond apple, swamp apple, corkwood, bobwood, monkey apple

2. Fruit of Annona glabra, oblong to spherical and roughly apple-sized.

Translations

Annona glabra

• Portuguese: araticum (pt) m, araticum-do-brejo m

fruit of Annona glabra

• Portuguese: araticum (pt) m