prickle-apple
now rare (Caribbean in later use)
noun
The soursop, the fruit of the tree Annona muricata.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Henry Lyte (1529–1607), botanist and antiquary.
- prevention
- preventional
- prevention is better than cure (or an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure)
- preventionism
- preventionist
- preventive
- preventive custody
- preventive detention
- preventive diplomacy
- preventively
- preventive maintenance
- preventive medicine
- preventive war
- preventorium
- prevent zone
- preverb
- preverbal
- prevernal
- prevert
- prevertebral
- prevesical
- previable
- pre-Victorian
- preview
- previewer