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Word: Cherimoya
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 18th century: from Spanish, from Quechua, from chiri ‘cold or refreshing’ + muya ‘circle’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌtʃɛrɪˈmɔɪə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a kind of custard apple with scaly green skin and a flavour resembling that of pineapple.
Short Definition:kind of custard apple with scaly green skin
Definition:
the small tree which bears the cherimoya fruit, native to the Andes of Peru and Ecuador.
Short Definition:small tree which bears cherimoya fruit
Variant Forms:
- chirimoya
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