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A variety of muskmelon from North Africa and Arabia, Cucumis melo.
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Tabernaemontana divaricata, a fragrant houseplant native to southeast Asia.
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(India) The seeds of wild celery, used in Indian folk medicine.
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Annona glabra, a tropical fruit tree that grows in swamps.
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A tree (Argania spinosa) of southwestern Morocco, particularly prized for its oil.
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A green, fuzzy melon fruit taken from this vine that has sweet white flesh.
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(Trinidad and Tobago) Passiflora quadrangularis, a passionflower producing a large edible fruit.
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Mangifera caesia; a wild mango found in the Philippines.
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Indian bael (Aegle marmelos).
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the seed of the betel palm, Areca catechu: the betel nut
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A vine, Momordica charantia, which produces a bitter, though when properly prepared edible, fruit.
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A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
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A tree (known as the calabash tree; Crescentia cujete) native to Central and South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida, bearing large, round fruit used to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this tree.
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A tropical South American plant, Physalis peruviana, with a bright yellow, edible fruit.
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The dried bark of a Honduran tree Picramnia antidesma once used to treat syphilis
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A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.
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(Jamaica) bitter melon, Momordica charantia, from which a medicinal tea is made.
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(India) The elephant apple (Dillenia indica) (tree or fruit).
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Alternative form of champac (Magnolia champaca) [A type of Asian tree with fragrant blossoms, Magnolia champaca]
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The fruit of the sapodilla, Manilkara zapota; chico.
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Alternative form of cherimoya [A subtropical tree, Annona cherimola, native to mountainous areas of South America.]
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A type of small tomato, the cultivar Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme.
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A species of squash, Cucurbita ficifolia.
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The cotyledon of a coconut eaten as food.
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A traditional Taino ceremony in which the ground seeds of the cojóbana tree were inhaled in a special pipe, producing a psychedelic effect.
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Alternative form of calumba [(medicine, archaic) The bitter root of a plant (Jateorhiza palmata), indigenous to Mozambique, and used as a tonic and antiseptic.]
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(medicine) The bark of a South American vine, Marsdenia cundurango, of the milkweed family, once erroneously believed to cure cancer.
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Cucurbita palmata, a flowering plant in the squash family.
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A plant of Sierra Leone (erroneously said to be Strophanthus gratus in early sources) that yields a wholesome, creamy juice.
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(Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago) Burlap.
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The copper-coloured bark of Remijia purdicana and Remijia pedunculata, trees of Colombia, yielding quinine, quinidine, and cinchonine.
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A palm tree, Phoenix dactylifera, whose fruit is the date.
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(countable) A tree of species Irvingia gabonensis.
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The tubers of this plant.
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(Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) The plant Solanum melongena.
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A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
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(West Africa) The scarlet eggplant, Solanum aethiopicum, or the thorn apple, Solanum incanum.
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An edible African melon, Acanthosicyos naudinianus
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Fruit of the scarlet eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum)
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(US) Synonym of Jerusalem artichoke
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(India) Synonym of gac (“Momordica cochinchinensis”).
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Alternative form of guaiacum [Any of a number of species of tree of the genus Guaiacum, native to the West Indies and parts of the Americas.]
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The fruit of the wild eggplant or susumber plant, Solanum torvum.
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(South Africa) The muscat blanc d'Alexandrie.
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(US) A poisonous plant, Apocynum cannabinum, that American Indians used to make rope and string.
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Alternative spelling of jaboticaba [The evergreen Brazilian grape tree, Myrciaria cauliflora, a fruit-bearing tree native to Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.]
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Alternative spelling of jackfruit [A tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the Moraceae family, which produces edible fruit.]
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A Japanese species of yam, Dioscorea japonica
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Alternative form of calamansi [Synonym of calamondin]
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The berry-sized fruit of this shrub, used in Indian pickles and spices.
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The dried leaves of this tree, used in traditional medicine or recreationally for their stimulant and analgesic effects.
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The seeds or seed capsules of a Caribbean variety of Capsicum frutescens; the plant itself, now extensively grown in Brazil, Portugal, and Mozambique.
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Chinese taro (Alocasia cucullata, syn. Caladium colocasia).
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A species of fruit-bearing tree native to southern Mexico and northern South America, Pouteria sapota.
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The crop of caprifig collected in the summer.
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An Indian magic trick in which the stone of a mango is planted and shortly afterward appears to have grown into a mature tree bearing fruit.
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Obsolete form of mango. [A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica.]
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(medicine, dated) A vegetable extract brought in solid cakes from South America, believed to be derived from the bark of the tree Pradosia lactescens, and used as an alterative and astringent.
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The fruit of various trees, especially monkey jack (Artocarpus spp.), lemon drop and other varieties of mangosteen (Garcinia spp.), wood apple (Aegle marmelos or Limonia acidissima), or giant yellow mulberry (Myrianthus arboreus).
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A Japanese type of ginger, Zingiber mioga, of which only the shoots and flower buds are used in cooking.
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The squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium).
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An evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds.
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The fruit of these trees.
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(Jamaica) avocado, alligator pear
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(India, Pakistan) The tree Salvadora persica.
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feijoa (Acca sellowiana)
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Alternative form of sapodilla [Manilkara zapota, a long-lived evergreen tree native to the New World tropics.]
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Solanum aethiopicum, a species of fruiting plant, whose green fruit is known as gilo or garden egg.
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The fruit of this tree, having a thin, tart, nutritious pulp that surrounds a relatively large, oil-rich seed.
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The sap of the palmyra or of the coconut palm, palm wine.
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Alternative form of susumber [(usually uncountable) Solanum torvum, a bushy, spiny perennial plant: the wild eggplant.]
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(usually uncountable) Solanum torvum, a bushy, spiny perennial plant: the wild eggplant.
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The sugar apple, Annona squamosa.
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Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar or balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera).
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(botany) A tropical tree, Tamarindus indica.
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(medicine) A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus Epipremnum.
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A plant, Lanxangia tsaoko, of Chinese and Vietnamese highlands, the fruit of which used medicinally and in cooking.
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The plant that yields this fibre.
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(Caribbean) The melon cactus.
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Alternative form of vavangue [Vangueria madagascariensis, a flowering plant with a large orange edible fruit.]
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(archaic) Squirting cucumber, Ecballium elaterium.
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A vine of the species Benincasa hispida cultivated throughout Asia.
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Alternative spelling of yacon [The Peruvian ground apple, Smallanthus sonchifolius]
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The edible crimson fruit of the subtropical tree Myrica rubra.
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