Definition of mangosteen in English:
mangosteen
noun ˈmaŋɡəstiːnˈmæŋɡəˌstin
1A tropical fruit with sweet juicy white segments of flesh inside a thick reddish-brown rind.
Example sentencesExamples
- This has led some hotels in South East Asia to ban mangosteens from their premises.
- The fruit is now being grown on farms in Puerto Rico, and mangosteens are slowly arriving on the mainland.
- The Thai fruits which are most popular include durians, mangosteens, rambutans, and longans.
- The flavour of the usual mangosteen would be overwhelmed by this treatment.
- Prepare one dried persimmon, one mangosteen and one seed of bout-fruited steculia.
- Their divergent missions translate to two entirely different policies on the import of mangosteens.
- The durian, mango, rambutan, mangosteen, pineapple and other fruits are displayed in the market along with a large selection of seafood.
- Another sign of overripe mangosteens is a powdery yellow appearance on both skin and stem.
- All that money I save by not buying mangosteens will go to my travel fund.
2The slow-growing Malaysian tree which bears the mangosteen.
Garcinia mangostana, family Guttiferae
Example sentencesExamples
- I was particularly struck by the tentacle-like roots of the waterberry, the arms of the baobab and the leaves of the mangosteen.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Malay manggustan, dialect variant of manggis.
Definition of mangosteen in US English:
mangosteen
nounˈmæŋɡəˌstinˈmaNGɡəˌstēn
1A tropical fruit with sweet juicy white segments of flesh inside a thick reddish-brown rind.
Example sentencesExamples
- The Thai fruits which are most popular include durians, mangosteens, rambutans, and longans.
- Prepare one dried persimmon, one mangosteen and one seed of bout-fruited steculia.
- The flavour of the usual mangosteen would be overwhelmed by this treatment.
- All that money I save by not buying mangosteens will go to my travel fund.
- The fruit is now being grown on farms in Puerto Rico, and mangosteens are slowly arriving on the mainland.
- The durian, mango, rambutan, mangosteen, pineapple and other fruits are displayed in the market along with a large selection of seafood.
- Another sign of overripe mangosteens is a powdery yellow appearance on both skin and stem.
- This has led some hotels in South East Asia to ban mangosteens from their premises.
- Their divergent missions translate to two entirely different policies on the import of mangosteens.
2The slow-growing Malaysian tree that bears the mangosteen fruit.
Garcinia mangostana, family Guttiferae
Example sentencesExamples
- I was particularly struck by the tentacle-like roots of the waterberry, the arms of the baobab and the leaves of the mangosteen.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Malay manggustan, dialect variant of manggis.