mangosteen
UK/ˈmæŋ.ɡə.stiːn/US/ˈmæŋ.ɡoʊ.stin/
mangosteen noun: a tropical fruit of the tree genus Garcinia.
Noun
mangosteen (plural mangosteens)
- A tropical fruit of the tree genus Garcinia.
- The Mangosteen, Lansat, Rambutan, Jack, Jambou, and Blimbing, are all abundant; but most abundant and most esteemed is the Durian, a fruit about which very little is known in England, but which both by natives and Europeans in the Malay Archipelago is reckoned superior to all others.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 116
- A tropical fruit of the tree Garcinia mangostana.
- The tree on which the fruit grows.
mangosteen meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
mangosteen in Hindi
- fruit
- मेन्गोस्टीन mengosṭīn
mangosteen in Tamil
- fruit
- மாங்கிஸ் māṅkis, மங்குசுத்தான் maṅkucuttāṉ
mangosteen in Bengali
- fruit
- ম্যাঙ্গোস্টিন mêṅgōsṭin
mangosteen in Malayalam
- mangosteen; a fruit
- മാങ്കോസ്റ്റീൻ māṅkōsṟṟīṉ
More languagesFewer languages
- mangosteen in Kannada
- ಮುರುಗಲ ಹಣ್ಣು murugala haṇṇu, ಕೋಕಂ kōkaṃ, ಪುನರ್ಪುಳಿ punarpuḷi
- mangosteen in Sinhala
- මැංගුස් mæṁgus, මැන්ගුස් mængus, පළතුර paḷatura
- mangosteen in Tagalog
- manggustan
- mangosteen in Arabic
- مَانْغُوسْتِين manḡustīn, مَانْجُوسْتِين mangustīn, جَوْز جَنْدَم jawz jandam
- mangosteen in Malay
- manggis, manggista, manggistan, manggustan
- mangosteen in Indonesian
- manggis
- mangosteen in Persian
- گوز گندم gowz-e gandom
- mangosteen in Thai
- มังคุด mang-kút
- mangosteen in Vietnamese
- măng cụt
- mangosteen in Myanmar
- မင်းကွတ် mang:kwat
- Dhivehi
- މަބުސްތާން mabustān̊
Forms of mangosteen
| plural | mangosteens |
|---|---|
| alternative form | mangostan |
| alternative form (rare) | mangousteen |
Origin of mangosteen
Borrowed from Dutch mangosteen (“mangosteen”), from Malay manggustan ~ manggista ~ manggistan fusing manggis hutan “jungle manggis” applied to Garcinia hombroniana or G. malaccensis; manggis is a generic word applied to other related garcinias like above and Garcinia penangiana (manggis burung). Not related to mango, though this may have influenced the spelling and pronunciation.
Words formed from mangosteen
Questions about mangosteen
- What does mangosteen mean?
- Mangosteen means a tropical fruit of the tree genus Garcinia.
- What is mangosteen in Hindi?
- Mangosteen in Hindi is मेन्गोस्टीन (mengosṭīn). See Mangosteen meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mangosteen?
- Mangosteen is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mangosteen?
- Mangosteen is pronounced /ˈmæŋ.ɡoʊ.stin/ (US).
- What is the plural of mangosteen?
- The plural of mangosteen is mangosteens.
Words near mangosteen in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mangosteen (page history and authors); മാങ്കോസ്റ്റീൻ (Malayalam) (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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