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mangosteens

UK/ˈmæŋ.ɡə.stiːnz/US/ˈmæŋ.ɡoʊ.stinz/

mangosteens is the plural of mangosteen.

Meaning of mangosteen

Noun

mangosteen (plural mangosteens)

  1. 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
    1. (more specifically) A tropical fruit of the tree Garcinia mangostana.
  2. The tree on which the fruit grows.

Phrases with mangosteens

Questions about mangosteens

What is mangosteens the plural of?
Mangosteens is the plural of mangosteen.
How do you pronounce mangosteens?
Mangosteens is pronounced /ˈmæŋ.ɡoʊ.stinz/ (US).

Words near mangosteens in the dictionary

  1. mangos
  2. mangostan
  3. mangostanin
  4. mangostans
  5. mangosteen
  6. mangosteens
  7. mangostin
  8. mangostins
  9. mangotini
  10. mangotinis
  11. mangotoxin

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