soursop tree
- noun
- /ˈsaʊərˌsɑp tri/
:
árbol de guanábana
- The soursop tree thrives in warm, tropical climates and produces a unique fruit that is popular in many countries.
Examples
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Farmers planted several soursop trees to harvest the fruit and sell it at the local market.
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A mature soursop tree can reach up to eight meters in height and bear fruit twice a year.
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The soursop tree thrives in tropical climates.
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Have you ever seen a soursop tree?
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A mature soursop tree can reach up to eight meters in height and bear fruit twice a year.
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Farmers planted several soursop trees to harvest the fruit and sell it at the local market.
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The soursop tree thrives in warm, tropical climates and produces a unique fruit that is popular in many countries.
Synonyms
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A small tropical tree that makes a large spiky fruit with sour, juicy flesh
A small tropical American tree that produces a large soft fruit with a sour taste
A tropical tree that has large spiky fruit with juicy sour flesh
How Sour
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a tree that bears soursop fruit' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'soursop' (the fruit) with 'tree' (a plant), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the referent. This noun+noun compounding pattern is transparent and common cross-linguistically, making the MWE readily understandable to B1 learners.
Etymology
The noun soursop tree comes from the fruit name soursop, which joins sour and sop. People thought the fruit was tart and soft, like something you could soak, so the tree is named for the sour fruit it produces.