star apple

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Noun

star apple (plural star apples)

1. A tropical tree, Chrysophyllum cainito, of the Sapotaceae.
2. 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.

Synonyms

• caimito, cainito, tar apple, milk fruit

Translations

the fruit of C. cainito

• French: caïmite (fr) f, pomme de lait (fr) f
• Haitian Creole: kaymit
• Kapampangan: kainitu
• Mongolian: одон алим (odon alim)
• Portuguese: abio (pt) m
• Spanish: caimito (es) m
• Tagalog: kaimito, kainito
• Vietnamese: vú sữa (vi)