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rose-apple
[f. rose n. + apple n.]
†1. A kind of apple having rose-coloured flesh.
1626Bacon Sylva §510 Few Fruits are coloured Red within: The Queen-apple is: and another apple, called the Rose-apple. 1693Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard. I. 126 The Rose-Apple extremely resembles the Apis in all its outside.
2. a. A small tree of the genus Eugenia (esp. E. Jambos, E. malaccensis, and E. aquea), extensively grown in the tropics for its beautiful foliage and fruit. b. The edible, sweet-scented fruit of this tree, used for making preserves, etc.
1790W. Beckford Descr. Acct. Jamaica II. 190 The orange, the rose-apple, the papa..and other productions. 1812[see jambo c]. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 65 The balsamic odour of the eastern fruits called the Jamrosade and the Rose Apple. 1871Kingsley At Last xvi, That with leaves like a great myrtle, and bright flesh-coloured fruit, [is] a Malacca-apple, or perhaps a Rose-apple. 1885A. Brassey The Trades 323 The islands also produce custard-apples, bread-fruit, rose-apples. 1975I. & A. Mancinelli tr. Bianchini & Corbetta's Fruits of Earth 168 The rose apple is about the size and color of an apricot, with one to three seeds inside.
3. Austr. The Queensland or sweet plum, Owenia cerasifera.
1889J. H. Maiden Useful Native Pl. 49. |