Malay apple
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English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məˌleɪ ˈapəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmeɪleɪ ˌæpəl/, /məˌleɪ ˈæpəl/
Noun
Malay apple (plural Malay apples)
- A myrtaceous tree (Syzygium malaccense) native to Malaysia and Australia, or the fruit of this tree.
- Synonyms: mountain apple (Hawaii), nakavika (Vanuatu), ohia (Hawaii), pommerac, pomarrosa, rose apple
- 1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 141:
- A romance must have begun very gradually, beneath the bushy-topped Malay apple trees of the church square […] .
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References
- “Malay”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.