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custard apple
noun
Definition of CUSTARD APPLE
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a : any of several chiefly tropical American soft-fleshed edible fruits b : any of a genus (Annona of the family Annonaceae, the custard-apple family) of trees or shrubs bearing this fruit; especially : a small West Indian tree (A. reticulata)
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First Known Use of CUSTARD APPLE
1657
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