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bullock's heart

bullock's heart

9.9
A large heart-shaped tropical fruit with soft, slightly acidic flesh
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : corazón de bullock
  • The creamy texture of a bullock's heart makes it a favorite dessert fruit in many regions.

Examples

  • The farmer offered us a ripe bullock's heart fresh from his orchard.

  • I bought a bullock's heart from the market.

  • I had never tasted a bullock's heart before visiting India.

  • Have you ever tasted a bullock's heart?

  • I had never tasted a bullock's heart before visiting India.

  • The creamy texture of a bullock's heart makes it a favorite dessert fruit in many regions.

  • The farmer offered us a ripe bullock's heart fresh from his orchard.

Synonyms

Jamaica apple
vsbullock's heart
  • US
9.3

A large heart-shaped tropical fruit with soft, slightly sour flesh

is the common familiar name used instead of geographic focus

Surface Forms

bullock's heart singular
bullock's hearts plural

Morphology

bullock's + heart

A B1 learner knowing 'bullock' and 'heart' would most likely interpret this as the literal heart of a young bull (an animal organ); that does not convey the meaning 'a custard-apple fruit'. Although 'heart' might hint at a heart-like shape, this shape cue is insufficient to predict the fruit sense, and 'bullock's' is not a transparent classifier here. Because the overall lexicalized meaning (a specific tropical fruit) cannot be derived from the parts, the expression is opaque.

Etymology

Bullock's heart may come from the fruit's shape and size: the large fruit looks like a big heart, and people added bullock to mark its strong, heavy form, so the name came to mean this big, creamy fruit also called 'custard apple'.