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mango

mango

73 1.0
A large oval tropical fruit with smooth skin and sweet juicy flesh
  • noun
  • /ˈmæŋɡoʊ/
: mango
  • He made a smoothie with banana and mango for breakfast.
  • eat mango
  • mango and papaya
  • mango and grapes

I'm going to give the mango highball to George.

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Examples

  • Soon she returned with a second mango and handed it to her father.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Today for breakfast, Jackson is trying mango for the first time.

  • Yes, I would like to taste a mango.

  • I ate the first mango of my life, picked from a tree outside a big hotel.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Do come out into the light and air and have some mango juice.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • We finished off the meal with a fresh mango juice from the fruit vendor.

    Blog text (20)
  • Mrs. Caziz hands me a mango to peel and slice.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • For a refreshing snack, I enjoyed a ripe mango with a sprinkle of chili powder.

  • The salad was topped with diced mango, adding sweetness to the dish.

Synonyms

fruit
vsmango
809 1.0

An edible part of a plant like an apple or orange

is a large tropical oval with juicy aromatic flesh and a central seed
stone fruit
vsmango
2 3.4

A soft juicy fruit with one hard seed inside, like a peach or cherry

is a tropical oval kind with juicy aromatic flesh and large seed

Compounds

4 1.5

A large tropical tree that grows sweet, juicy, oval fruit

A sweet, spicy sauce that uses mangoes and goes well with Indian dishes

1 1.0

The taste of ripe mango used in foods and drinks

wild mango
  • South African
1 6.7

A tree from Africa with yellow fruit, oily seeds, and hard wood that resists termites

wild mango tree
  • South African
1 5.9

An African tree that makes yellow fruit like mangoes, has seeds used for oil, and strong wood that resists termites

Mango Mussolini
  • Offensive
9.9

An insulting name for a political leader who acts like a dictator and has orange skin

7.9

A type of mango with a strong sweet flavor from country farms

How Ripe

overripe
6 3.0
ripe
65 1.0
mango
73 1.0
unripened
1 4.2

Surface Forms

mango singular
mangos plural

Etymology

Mango comes from the Portuguese word manga, which itself came from the Malayalam name for the fruit in India; Portuguese traders brought the fruit and its name to Europe. So mango means that sweet tropical 'fruit'.