mangosteenn.

Brit.

/ˈmaŋɡəstiːn/, U.S.

/ˈmæŋɡəˌstin/

Forms: 1500s mangestain, 1600s mancoustan, 1600s mangosthan, 1600s–1800s mangustan, 1700s mangastan, 1700s mangostane, 1700s mangoustan, 1700s–1800s mangostan, 1700s–1800s mangusteen, 1700s– mangosteen, 1700s– mangustine, 1800s mangostin, 1800s mangoostan, 1800s mangastene, 1800s mangostein.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Dutch mangestain; French mangostan.

Etymology: Partly (i) < Dutch †mangestain (1596 in the source translated in quot. 1598 at sense 1, also mangesteyn; now mangostan), and partly (ii) < Middle French mangostan (1598, French mangoustan (1604)), both < Portuguese mangostãe (16th cent.)); all European forms are ultimately < Malay manggustan, manggistan mangosteen (now regional; the current standard Malay and Indonesian word is manggis).

1. The fruit of the mangosteen tree (see sense 2), of the size of a small apple and with a thick dark-purple rind enclosing a sweet, white, juicy pulp.

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun]

tamarind1539

zizypha1546

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turpentine1562

mango1582

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lychee1588

sapota1589

fritter1591

mangosteen1598

custard apple1648

longan1655

mammee sapota1657

mammee apple1683

breadfruit1697

coco-plum1699

rambutan1707

pawpaw1709

locust bean1731

sapodilla1750

cherimoya1758

wild lime1767

Otaheite apple1777

narra1779

langsat1783

rose apple1790

cinnamon apple1796

sapota plum1797

bhindi1809

salak1820

gingerbread plum1824

geebung1827

loquat1829

sapodilla plum1830

sage-apple1832

kangaroo-apple1834

karaka-fruit1834

quandong1836

mombin1837

terap1839

zapote1842

tamarind plum1846

prairie pea1848

Barbados-cherry1858

kei-apple1859

Natal plum1859

bullock's heart1866

guava-apple1866

Sierra Leone peach1866

Turkey fig1866

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scarlet banana1885

Suriname cherry1895

feijoa1898

pear apple1898

ume1918

pepino1922

Chinese gooseberry1925

num-num1926

acerola1954

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > of Asia

durian1588

lychee1588

mangosteen1598

prickly melon1640

longan1655

rambutan1707

jambu1727

Otaheite apple1777

langsat1783

rambai1811

loquat1829

wampee1830

1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. liv. 96/2 There are yet other fruites, as Brindoijns, Durijndois, Iamboloens, Mangestains, and other such like fruites.

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 87 Durions, Mancoustan, and Bananes.

1707 W. Funnell Voy. round World x. 286 The Mangastan, is about the bigness of a Golden-Runnet.

1797 G. Staunton Authentic Acct. Embassy to China I. vii. 274 In March, among other fruits, the mangosteen was ripe.

1806 J. Barrow Voy. Cochinchina 185 Mangoostan.

1835 J. Holman Voy. round World IV. xi. 379 All the hardy steeds,..retain their germinating power, but the softer kinds, among which is the mangostin, are destroyed in the passage.

1852 F. A. Neale Narr. Resid. Siam xii. 194 That prince of all earthly fruits, the mangostein.

1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. v. 132 The Dyaks brought us daily heaped-up baskets of Mangustans and Lansats, two of the most delicious of the subacid tropical fruits.

1938 Nature 14 May 866/2 Many of the fruits and vegetables..have been but names, if that, to dwellers in the temperate zones so far;..the mangosteen and the langsat are still awaited.

1987 Sunday Express Mag. 9 Aug. 33/1 An imaginative selection of fresh fruit—cherries, greengages, clementines, lychees, mangosteens.

2. The tree, Garcinia mangostana (family Clusiaceae ( Guttiferae)), producing this fruit, native to Malaysia and introduced and naturalized in the West Indies. Also mangosteen tree.wild mangosteen (tree): see wild adj.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > of Asian or South Pacific > other Asian fruit-plants

tallow-tree1704

mangosteen1734

langsat1783

cucumber-tree1784

rambai1811

salak1820

wampee1830

tamarind plum1846

jackfruit1847

ivi1862

longan1866

Tahiti chestnut1884

mape1888

calamondin1890

1734 Philos. Trans. 1733–4 (Royal Soc.) 38 232 The Mangostans is a kind of Pomiferous Tree, which grows in the Molucca Islands.

1797 Monthly Mag. 3 208 Martin had introduced into the botanic garden there [i.e. in Cayenne] the Ravengara, the Mangoustan, the Clove tree [etc.].

1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. v. 162 A group of young Mangosteens.

1927 R. J. H. Sidney In Brit. Malaya To-day 105 At the back of the house grow..pineapples and mangosteen trees.

1986 J. A. Samson Trop. Fruits (ed. 2) ii. 14 Mangosteen, kapulasan, banana and papaya grow best when more than 100 mm of rain falls every month.

3. Caribbean (Barbados). A kind of jujube tree, Ziziphus mauritiana. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > trees or plants bearing stone fruit > jujube tree

zizypha1546

jujube-tree1548

jujube1562

lote-tree1581

lotus tree1601

lote1658

mangosteen1750

lotus1809

lotebush1846

wongai tree1947

1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados v. 134 The Dunktree, or Mangustine. This is a middle-sized Tree.

1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 263 Mangosteen, in Barbadoes this name is given to the Jujube (Ziziphus jujube).

1965 E. G. B. Gooding et al. Flora Barbados 272 (heading) Zizyphus mauritiana..Z. jujuba (L.)..Mangustine..Shrub or small tree, 2–4·5 m., young stems tomentose.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mangosteen
释义	mangosteenn. Brit. /ˈmaŋɡəstiːn/, U.S. /ˈmæŋɡəˌstin/ Forms: 1500s mangestain, 1600s mancoustan, 1600s mangosthan, 1600s–1800s mangustan, 1700s mangastan, 1700s mangostane, 1700s mangoustan, 1700s–1800s mangostan, 1700s–1800s mangusteen, 1700s– mangosteen, 1700s– mangustine, 1800s mangostin, 1800s mangoostan, 1800s mangastene, 1800s mangostein. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Dutch mangestain; French mangostan. Etymology: Partly (i) < Dutch †mangestain (1596 in the source translated in quot. 1598 at sense 1, also mangesteyn; now mangostan), and partly (ii) < Middle French mangostan (1598, French mangoustan (1604)), both < Portuguese mangostãe (16th cent.)); all European forms are ultimately < Malay manggustan, manggistan mangosteen (now regional; the current standard Malay and Indonesian word is manggis). 1. The fruit of the mangosteen tree (see sense 2), of the size of a small apple and with a thick dark-purple rind enclosing a sweet, white, juicy pulp. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun] tamarind1539 zizypha1546 guava1555 tuna1555 turpentine1562 mango1582 mammee1587 durian1588 lychee1588 sapota1589 fritter1591 mangosteen1598 custard apple1648 longan1655 mammee sapota1657 mammee apple1683 breadfruit1697 coco-plum1699 rambutan1707 pawpaw1709 locust bean1731 sapodilla1750 cherimoya1758 wild lime1767 Otaheite apple1777 narra1779 langsat1783 rose apple1790 cinnamon apple1796 sapota plum1797 bhindi1809 salak1820 gingerbread plum1824 geebung1827 loquat1829 sapodilla plum1830 sage-apple1832 kangaroo-apple1834 karaka-fruit1834 quandong1836 mombin1837 terap1839 zapote1842 tamarind plum1846 prairie pea1848 Barbados-cherry1858 kei-apple1859 Natal plum1859 bullock's heart1866 guava-apple1866 Sierra Leone peach1866 Turkey fig1866 marula1877 scarlet banana1885 Suriname cherry1895 feijoa1898 pear apple1898 ume1918 pepino1922 Chinese gooseberry1925 num-num1926 acerola1954 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > of Asia durian1588 lychee1588 mangosteen1598 prickly melon1640 longan1655 rambutan1707 jambu1727 Otaheite apple1777 langsat1783 rambai1811 loquat1829 wampee1830 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. liv. 96/2 There are yet other fruites, as Brindoijns, Durijndois, Iamboloens, Mangestains, and other such like fruites. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 87 Durions, Mancoustan, and Bananes. 1707 W. Funnell Voy. round World x. 286 The Mangastan, is about the bigness of a Golden-Runnet. 1797 G. Staunton Authentic Acct. Embassy to China I. vii. 274 In March, among other fruits, the mangosteen was ripe. 1806 J. Barrow Voy. Cochinchina 185 Mangoostan. 1835 J. Holman Voy. round World IV. xi. 379 All the hardy steeds,..retain their germinating power, but the softer kinds, among which is the mangostin, are destroyed in the passage. 1852 F. A. Neale Narr. Resid. Siam xii. 194 That prince of all earthly fruits, the mangostein. 1869 A. R. Wallace Malay Archipel. I. v. 132 The Dyaks brought us daily heaped-up baskets of Mangustans and Lansats, two of the most delicious of the subacid tropical fruits. 1938 Nature 14 May 866/2 Many of the fruits and vegetables..have been but names, if that, to dwellers in the temperate zones so far;..the mangosteen and the langsat are still awaited. 1987 Sunday Express Mag. 9 Aug. 33/1 An imaginative selection of fresh fruit—cherries, greengages, clementines, lychees, mangosteens. 2. The tree, Garcinia mangostana (family Clusiaceae ( Guttiferae)), producing this fruit, native to Malaysia and introduced and naturalized in the West Indies. Also mangosteen tree.wild mangosteen (tree): see wild adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > of Asian or South Pacific > other Asian fruit-plants tallow-tree1704 mangosteen1734 langsat1783 cucumber-tree1784 rambai1811 salak1820 wampee1830 tamarind plum1846 jackfruit1847 ivi1862 longan1866 Tahiti chestnut1884 mape1888 calamondin1890 1734 Philos. Trans. 1733–4 (Royal Soc.) 38 232 The Mangostans is a kind of Pomiferous Tree, which grows in the Molucca Islands. 1797 Monthly Mag. 3 208 Martin had introduced into the botanic garden there [i.e. in Cayenne] the Ravengara, the Mangoustan, the Clove tree [etc.]. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. v. 162 A group of young Mangosteens. 1927 R. J. H. Sidney In Brit. Malaya To-day 105 At the back of the house grow..pineapples and mangosteen trees. 1986 J. A. Samson Trop. Fruits (ed. 2) ii. 14 Mangosteen, kapulasan, banana and papaya grow best when more than 100 mm of rain falls every month. 3. Caribbean (Barbados). A kind of jujube tree, Ziziphus mauritiana. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > trees or plants bearing stone fruit > jujube tree zizypha1546 jujube-tree1548 jujube1562 lote-tree1581 lotus tree1601 lote1658 mangosteen1750 lotus1809 lotebush1846 wongai tree1947 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados v. 134 The Dunktree, or Mangustine. This is a middle-sized Tree. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 263 Mangosteen, in Barbadoes this name is given to the Jujube (Ziziphus jujube). 1965 E. G. B. Gooding et al. Flora Barbados 272 (heading) Zizyphus mauritiana..Z. jujuba (L.)..Mangustine..Shrub or small tree, 2–4·5 m., young stems tomentose. 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