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mango
UK /ˈmæ̞ŋɡəʊ̯/ US /ˈmæ̝ŋɡoʊ̯/
noun 5name 4verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
blue, delicious, little, national, sticky, sweet
VERB + MANGO
called, cut, eat, eaten, like, looking, love, making
MANGO + NOUN
apples, country, knife, papaya, pudding, rice, tree
PREP.
in, with
ADV.
quite
Definitions
noun
1
A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica.
On the hot days, he would lie in the shade of a mango and let little Eugenia clamber over his belly and tug at his beard.
2
The fruit of the mango tree.
And I have one [bezoar] form'd round the Stone of that great Plum, which comes pickled from thence, and is called Mango.
3
A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing; a vegetable or fruit which has been mangoed.
In Pennsylvania and western Maryland, mangoes were generally made with green bell peppers.
4
A green bell pepper suitable for pickling.
Mango peppers by the dozen, if owned by the careful housewife, would gladden the appetite or disposition of any epicure or scold.
Best mango peppers
5
A type of muskmelon, Cucumis melo.
verb
1
To stuff and pickle (a fruit).
Although any melon may be used before it is quite ripe, yet there is a particular sort for this purpose, which the gardeners know, and should be mangoed soon after they are gathered.
In an effort to reproduce the pickle, English cooks took to "mangoing" all sorts of substitutes, from cucumbers to unripe peaches. Americans, however, preferred baby musk melons, or, in areas where they did not grow well, bell peppers.
name
1
Ellipsis of Mango Island.
2
Ellipsis of Mango Township.
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On the hot days, he would lie in the shade of a mango and let little Eugenia clamber over his belly and tug at his beard.
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And I have one [bezoar] form'd round the Stone of that great Plum, which comes pickled from thence, and is called Mango.
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In Pennsylvania and western Maryland, mangoes were generally made with green bell peppers.
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Although any melon may be used before it is quite ripe, yet there is a particular sort for this purpose, which the gardeners know, and should be mangoed soon after they are gathered.
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In an effort to reproduce the pickle, English cooks took to "mangoing" all sorts of substitutes, from cucumbers to unripe peaches. Americans, however, preferred baby musk melons, or, in areas where th
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For this cookbook, I made mangoed peppers that were not stuffed with cabbage, but stuffed with green and red tomatoes and onions.
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