elephant apple

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English

elephant apples

Etymology

Compound of elephant +‎ apple.

Limonia acidissima: due to the skin of the fruit being akin to the skin of elephants.[1]

Noun

elephant apple (plural elephant apples)

  1. The fruit of several tropical Asian trees:
    1. species of Dillenia, especially
      1. otenga (Dillenia indica)
      2. katmon (Dillenia philippinensis)
    2. wood apple, a citrus relative (Limonia acidissima)
    3. bael, another citrus relative (Aegle marmelos)

References

  1. ^ Dymock, William, Warden, Charles James Hislop, Hooper, David (1890) Pharmacographia Indica: A History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, Met with in British India‎, volume 1, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, page 282
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