custard apples

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