fresh jambu

8.1

A tropical fruit like a small apple with crisp, slightly sweet flesh

noun

Philippine

: jambo fresco

She served slices of fresh jambu at the party as a refreshing snack.

Examples

I tasted fresh jambu for the first time yesterday, and its crispness surprised me.
The market had a basket full of fresh jambu beside the mangoes and papayas.
I bought a fresh jambu at the market.
These fresh jambus are delicious!
I tasted fresh jambu for the first time yesterday, and its crispness surprised me.
She served slices of fresh jambu at the party as a refreshing snack.
The market had a basket full of fresh jambu beside the mangoes and papayas.

Synonyms

jambu fruit

vsfresh jambu

Indian

9.2

A sweet tropical fruit with crisp, juicy inside and a pink bell shape

has a milder sweet flavor and is commonly eaten fresh

Surface Forms

fresh jambu singular

fresh jambus plural

Morphology

fresh + jambu

This is a straightforward adjectival composition: 'fresh' (recently produced/unspoiled) modifies the noun 'jambu' (a type of fruit). If a B1 learner knows both constituent words, the phrase simply means a jambu that is fresh, so the meaning is directly and transparently derived from its parts.

Etymology

The noun fresh jambu names a tropical fruit; imagine a shiny, bell-shaped jambu that is just picked and cool, so fresh—crisp and watery like a small apple. Because of this clear picture of a just-picked, juicy fruit, fresh jambu is used to mean the ripe, crisp fruit people eat as a refreshing snack.