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rose apple

rose apple

8.3
A fragrant oval tropical fruit with a sweet, floral taste
  • noun
  • /roʊz ˈæpəl/
  • US
translation icon : manzana rosa
  • Jellies made from rose apple are popular in many tropical countries.

Examples

  • The chef added slices of rose apple to the fruit salad for a fragrant touch.

  • She described the flavor of rose apple as a mix between rose and pear.

  • I bought some rose apples at the market yesterday.

  • Have you ever tasted a rose apple?

  • Jellies made from rose apple are popular in many tropical countries.

  • The chef added slices of rose apple to the fruit salad for a fragrant touch.

  • She described the flavor of rose apple as a mix between rose and pear.

Synonyms

jambos
vsrose apple
  • Indian
9.9

A tropical tree with round, rose-scented fruit you can eat

is the fragrant oval yellowish fruit used in jellies and confections

Surface Forms

rose apple singular
rose apples plural

Morphology

rose + apple

The compound 'rose apple' is a straightforward noun-noun composition: a B1 learner who knows 'rose' and 'apple' can infer it denotes a type of apple-like fruit associated with roses (e.g., fragrant or rose-like). While the exact botanical identity (Syzygium) is specialist knowledge, the basic referent — a kind of fruit — follows transparent, cross-linguistic compounding patterns and is therefore recoverable from the constituents.

Etymology

The noun rose apple was named for the fruit's scent and shape: it often smells like rose and is shaped like an apple. So the name now means the fragrant, oval 'fruit' that people use in jellies and sweets.