mango
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- noun
- /ˈmæŋɡoʊ/
:
árbol de mango
- Before reaching the steepest slope, we passed through a dense grove of mango trees, obviously cultivated by someone.
- mango tree
- mango orchard
Examples
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If I know my horticulture, and I do, this is a grove of mango trees.
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In the middle, half hidden by mango trees, the colonial farmhouse measured itself against time.
Fiction book (1990) -
There was a mango tree, or a "discussion tree" as it was called here.
Fiction book (2001) -
Sitting on steps in the shade of mango trees playing cards.
Fiction book (1997) -
My mom misses her mango tree, but other than that they are super happy.
Blog text (19) -
As long as anybody could remember, that same estate was only bush with one or two mango trees and coconuts growing on it.
Fiction book (2002) -
A mango tree in full bloom, its fruits hanging almost vertically, appears behind the cross.
Academic text (2014) -
We picked some ripe mangos from the tree in our backyard.
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In the summer, I love eating freshly sliced mango with my breakfast.
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The large mango tree in the garden provides shade during hot days.
Synonyms
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A large tropical tree that grows sweet, juicy, oval fruit
A large tree with leaves all year that grows sweet mango fruit
Compounds
- Offensive
An insulting name for a political leader who acts like a dictator and has orange skin
- South African
A tree from Africa with yellow fruit, oily seeds, and hard wood that resists termites
- South African
An African tree that makes yellow fruit like mangoes, has seeds used for oil, and strong wood that resists termites
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mango was first the name of the fruit and then came to mean the tree that makes it, following the same history from Portuguese manga and the South Indian name for the fruit. That's why mango can mean the large tropical 'tree' as well as the fruit.