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elephant apple

elephant apple noun: otenga (Dillenia indica).

elephant apple: otenga (Dillenia indica)
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Noun

elephant apple (plural elephant apples)

  1. otenga (Dillenia indica)
  2. katmon (Dillenia philippinensis)
  3. wood apple, a citrus relative (Limonia acidissima)
  4. bael, another citrus relative (Aegle marmelos)

elephant apple meaning in Sanskrit

elephant apple in Sanskrit

elephant apple
टङ्क ṭaṅka

Forms of elephant apple

pluralelephant apples

Origin of elephant apple

Compound of elephant + apple. Limonia acidissima: due to the skin of the fruit being akin to the skin of elephants.

Questions about elephant apple

What does elephant apple mean?
Elephant apple means otenga (Dillenia indica).
What is elephant apple in Sanskrit?
Elephant apple in Sanskrit is टङ्क (ṭaṅka). See Elephant apple meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is elephant apple?
Elephant apple is a noun.
What is the plural of elephant apple?
The plural of elephant apple is elephant apples.

Words near elephant apple in the dictionary

  1. eleotrids
  2. elepaio
  3. elepaios
  4. elephant
  5. Elephant and Castle
  6. elephant apple
  7. elephant apples
  8. elephant beetle
  9. elephant beetles
  10. elephant bird
  11. elephant birds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: elephant apple (page history and authors); टङ्क (Sanskrit) (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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