noun
1. tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit
• Syn: ↑ilama tree, ↑Annona diversifolia
• Hypernyms: ↑custard apple, ↑custard apple tree
2. whitish tropical fruit with a pinkish tinge related to custard apples; grown in the southern United States
• Hypernyms: ↑custard apple
• Part Holonyms: ↑ilama tree, ↑Annona diversifolia
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\\ə̇ˈlämə\ noun (-s)Etymology: Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl ilamatzapotl, from ilamatl old woman + tzapotl sapodilla; from the fancied resemblance of the fruit to an old woman's head
1. : a tropical American tree (Annona diversifolia) grown in the southern United States that has a whitish fruit with pinkish tinge
2. : the fruit of the ilama
Useful english dictionary. 2012.