Definition

Noun: 1. A tropical fruit: The sugar apple is the sweet, soft, and pulpy fruit of the Annona squamosa tree. It is characterized by a thick, knobby, or scaled green rind and contains numerous shiny black seeds embedded in its fragrant, creamy-white flesh.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The sugar apple is also commonly known as sweetsop.
  • We bought several ripe sugar apples from the market.
  • The flesh of the sugar apple is deliciously sweet and custard-like.

Advanced Usage

• Botanical Context: In botanical terminology, the sugar apple is classified as an aggregate fruit, formed from the coalescence of several pistils from a single flower.
  • The distinctive segments on the surface of a sugar apple correspond to individual carpels.

Variants and Related Words

• Sweetsop: A common synonym for sugar apple.
• Custard Apple: A term sometimes used interchangeably with sugar apple, though it can also refer to related fruits like the cherimoya ().
• Annona squamosa: The scientific name for the sugar apple tree.

Synonyms

• Sweetsop
• (Regional) Custard apple

Related Phrases/Idioms

• No direct idioms: The term "sugar apple" itself is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions. It is primarily a literal term for the fruit.

Noun

1. sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds