guanabana

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish guanábana, from Taíno.

Noun

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guanabana (plural guanabanas)

  1. The soursop or custard apple.
    • 2023 September 29, Molly Fitzpatrick, “He’s the Pawpaw King of Brooklyn. (What’s a Pawpaw?)”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      For a plant whose preferred growing region is the temperate zone of North America, the pawpaw is an uncannily exotic-tasting delicacy, a far-flung cousin of the tropical soursop, or guanábana.