eggfruit

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English

Etymology

From egg +‎ fruit. The texture of these fruits has been likened to hard-boiled egg yolk.

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Noun

eggfruit (plural eggfruits)

  1. A fruit, the canistel.
    • 2009 June 28, John Anderson, “His Weird Side: That’s Where the Fun Is”, in New York Times:
      “I’m pumped!” he exclaimed, having just been told that a new graft will increase the size of his cherimoyas, and that he can easily hand pollinate his underproducing eggfruits.
  2. Another fruit, the lucmo.

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