star apple
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[edit]Noun
[edit]star apple (plural star apples)
- A tropical tree, Chrysophyllum cainito, of the Sapotaceae.
- The fruit of C. cainito.
- 2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 302:
- While Giles had money to waste upon gambling marbles, thanks to his three acres of limes, pawpaw, star apples and melon.