cherimoya

Collocations

2

VERB + CHERIMOYA

called

CHERIMOYA + NOUN

deliciousness, fruit, itself

Definitions

noun

1

A subtropical tree, of species Annona cherimola, native to mountainous areas of South America.

2

A conical fruit with white flesh from that tree.

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.

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."

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — large tropical fruit with leathery skin and soft pulp

cherimolla

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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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

Wiktionary

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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