sweetsop
IPA: swˈitsɑp
noun
- The sugar apple, Annona squamosa.
- The tropical American evergreen tree on which it grows.
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Examples of "sweetsop" in Sentences
- Saramuyo: sugar apple or sweetsop (Annona squamosa)
- Anno. na squamosa, sweetsop or custard apple, seedless
- For example, the different names for cassava or sweetsop.
- Pawpaws are in the same family as the custard-apple, cherimoya, sweetsop, ylang-ylang and soursop, and have similar taste and texture to these fruits.
- Remarks: The species is related to the cherimoya (A. cherimola), sugar apple or sweetsop (A. squamosa) and to the custard apple (A. reticulata), generally known as mtomoko (Swahili), cultivated for their delicious fruit and commonly sold in Kenyan markets.
- The fruits peculiar to the torrid zone all grow in profusion and among them the native is fondest of the juicy mango, the guava, the aguacate or alligator pear, the anon or custard apple, the guanabana or soursop, the mamon or sweetsop, the mamey or marmalade fruit, the nispero or sapodilla and the tamarind.
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