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🍈 A sweet fruit 🌳 A tropical tree
sweetsop

sweetsop

9.9
A tropical tree that grows sweet, soft fruit with a thick scaly rind
  • noun
  • /ˈswitˌsɑp/
  • Indian
translation icon : anona
  • The ripe sweetsop has a creamy, fragrant flesh that is enjoyed by many in tropical regions.

Examples

  • We planted a sweetsop tree in our backyard last summer, and it has just started to bear fruit.

  • Every morning for breakfast, she slices a fresh sweetsop to eat with yogurt.

  • The sweetsop is a delicious tropical fruit.

  • I love eating sweetsops during the summer.

  • The ripe sweetsop has a creamy, fragrant flesh that is enjoyed by many in tropical regions.

  • Every morning for breakfast, she slices a fresh sweetsop to eat with yogurt.

  • We planted a sweetsop tree in our backyard last summer, and it has just started to bear fruit.

Synonyms

sweetsop tree
vssweetsop
  • Indian
9.6

A tropical tree that makes sweet, soft fruit with thick, scaly skin

gives the scientific species name in parentheses instead of the common name
Annona squamosa
vssweetsop
  • Specialized
9.9

A tropical tree that makes sweet fruit with a thick scaly skin

uses the ordinary tree name rather than the formal species label

Compounds

sweetsop tree
  • Indian
9.6

A tropical tree that makes sweet, soft fruit with thick, scaly skin

Surface Forms

sweetsop singular
sweetsops plural

Morphology

sweetsop = sweet + sop (semi-transparent) = sweet + sop

The compound is analyzable as 'sweet' + 'sop', but 'sop' is a relatively uncommon/archaic word and the compound refers to a specific fruit, so the exact referent may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Sweetsop comes from the simple parts sweet and sop, where sop means 'a piece of bread' or 'something soft soaked in liquid'. So the name paints a picture of a very sweet, soft fruit, which is why the tree that bears it is called a sweetsop and its fruit is also known as the sugar apple.