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custard apple

custard apple noun: a bullock's heart (Annona reticulata);.

custard apple: a bullock's heart (Annona reticulata);
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Noun

custard apple (plural custard apples)

  1. A bullock's heart (Annona reticulata);
  2. A soursop (Annona muricata; fruit and tree);
  3. A sugar apple (Annona squamosa);
  4. A cherimoya (Annona cherimola).
  5. A pawpaw (fruit of Asimina triloba).
    • If you’ve ever sampled an American custard apple, a prairie banana or a hillbilly mango, then you’ve eaten a pawpaw.2023 September 29, Molly Fitzpatrick, “He’s the Pawpaw King of Brooklyn. (What’s a Pawpaw?)”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

custard apple meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

custard apple in Hindi

custard apple ; sugar apple
सीताफल sītāphal
custard apple, sugar apple
शरीफ़ा śarīfā

custard apple in Tamil

சீதாப்பழம், சீத்தாப்பழம், சித்த மருத்துவர் இங்ஙனம் அழைப்பர், அதிகத் தகவல்களுக்கு

custard apple in Marathi

custard apple
सीताफळ sītāphaḷ

custard apple in Urdu

شریفہ, سیتا پھل
More languagesFewer languages
custard apple in Bengali
আতা ata, নোনা nōna
custard apple in Malayalam
ആത്ത ātta
custard apple in Gujarati
સીતાફળ sītāphaḷ
custard apple in Assamese
আতলচ atlos

Forms of custard apple

pluralcustard apples

Origin of custard apple

From the fancied resemblance of the fruit's flesh to custard.

Words formed from custard apple

Questions about custard apple

What does custard apple mean?
Custard apple means a bullock's heart (Annona reticulata);.
What is custard apple in Hindi?
Custard apple in Hindi is सीताफल (sītāphal), शरीफ़ा (śarīfā). See Custard apple meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is custard apple?
Custard apple is a noun.
What is the plural of custard apple?
The plural of custard apple is custard apples.

Words near custard apple in the dictionary

  1. cusswords
  2. cussy
  3. cust
  4. Cust.
  5. custard
  6. custard apple
  7. custard apples
  8. custard cannon
  9. custard cannons
  10. custard cream
  11. custard creams

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Adapted from Wiktionary: custard apple (page history and authors); शरीफ़ा (Hindi) (page history and authors); custard apple (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); सीताफळ (Marathi) (page history and authors); custard apple (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); আতা (Bengali) (page history and authors); ആത്ത (Malayalam) (page history and authors); સીતાફળ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); আতলচ (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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