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ˈcustard-apple
[f. prec.]
The fruit of Anona reticulata, a native of S. America and the West Indies, introduced in 16th c. into the East Indies; it has a dark brown rind, and a yellowish pulp resembling custard in appearance and flavour. (Also called bullock's heart.) b. The tree itself.
1657R. Ligon Barbadoes (1673) 11 Every one a dish of fruit..the first was Millions, Plantines the second, the third Bonanos..the sixth the Custard Apple. 1703W. Dampier Voy. III. 33 Full of a white soft Pulp, sweet and very pleasant, and most resembling a Custard of any thing..From whence probably it is called a Custard-Apple by our English. 1869Walmsley Ruined Cities Zulu Land I. 115 Like the custard-apple of the Madras Presidency, black, rough, and repulsive-looking outside, and a white, delicious custard inside. |