Jamaica apple
- noun
- /dʒəˈmeɪkə ˈæpəl/
- US
:
manzana de Jamaica
- He sliced the ripe Jamaica apple for dessert, enjoying its tangy flavor.
Examples
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The market had baskets of fresh Jamaica apples imported from the Caribbean.
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Many tropical fruit salads include Jamaica apple for a unique taste and texture.
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I bought a Jamaica apple at the market.
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Have you ever tried a Jamaica apple?
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He sliced the ripe Jamaica apple for dessert, enjoying its tangy flavor.
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Many tropical fruit salads include Jamaica apple for a unique taste and texture.
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The market had baskets of fresh Jamaica apples imported from the Caribbean.
Synonyms
A large heart-shaped tropical fruit with soft, slightly acidic flesh
A sweet tropical fruit with thick bumpy skin and soft white flesh around black seeds
A tropical tree that makes sweet fruit with a thick scaly skin
Surface Forms
Morphology
Jamaica + apple
A B1 learner who knows 'Jamaica' and 'apple' can infer this refers to a fruit associated with Jamaica (i.e., a kind/variety of apple-like fruit), so the general category (a tropical fruit) is predictable. However, the exact botanical identity and properties (it is a specific local fruit not a true temperate apple) are not derivable from the parts, so the relation is only partially transparent.
Etymology
The name Jamaica apple comes from English speakers calling a large, heart-shaped fruit from Jamaica an apple, because people often used 'apple' for new fruits. So today Jamaica apple means that tangy, tropical fruit from the Caribbean.
