sugar apple
noun
: a tropical American tree (Annona squamosa) of the custard-apple family
also
: its edible sweet pulpy fruit with thick green scaly rind and shining black seeds
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Bananas, sugar apples, soursop, avocados and turmeric spice all sprout around the farm seem to thrive on the stuff.
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Ashley Miznazi, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
In a video on Thursday, the 13-Going-On-30 actress, 50, decides to use an ingredient that's available to her just outside her door to create a tasty summer treat: cinnamon sugar apple muffins.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2022
Beyond the large back yard, the garden is filled with mango, banana, grapefruit, coconut, sugar apple, lime, orange, golden apple and soursop trees.
—Marcelle Sussman Fischler, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2020
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Ashley Miznazi, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
In a video on Thursday, the 13-Going-On-30 actress, 50, decides to use an ingredient that's available to her just outside her door to create a tasty summer treat: cinnamon sugar apple muffins.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2022
Beyond the large back yard, the garden is filled with mango, banana, grapefruit, coconut, sugar apple, lime, orange, golden apple and soursop trees.
—Marcelle Sussman Fischler, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2020
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“Sugar apple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sugar%20apple. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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