Malay apple
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. [from 19th c.]
- 1984, Helen R. Lane, translating Mario Vargas Llosa, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society 2012, p. 141:
- A romance must have begun very gradually, beneath the bushy-topped Malay apple trees of the church square […] .
- Synonyms: mountain apple (Hawaii), nakavika (Vanuatu), ohia (Hawaii), pommerac, rose apple
- 1984, Helen R. Lane, translating Mario Vargas Llosa, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society 2012, p. 141:
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References
- Malay in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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