mountain apple

US/ˌmaʊntən ˈæpəl/

mountain apple noun: the Malay apple or pommerac (Syzygium malaccense).

Noun

mountain apple (plural mountain apples)

(Hawaii, especially) The Malay apple or pommerac (Syzygium malaccense).
- The mountain apple juice is mouthwateringly delicious.
- Fresh breezes sweep down the mountains, laden with the perfumes of the orange, the banana, pine-apple, and mountain apple trees […]1861, chapter XXV, in Ira Jones, Life and Adventure in the South Pacific, New York: Harper & Brothers, page 324
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mountain, apple.

The mountain apple is very refreshing to eat because of the large amount of water present and the delicate flavor.1936 January, Casey D. Miller, Katherine Bazore, Ruth C. Robbins, Some Fruits of Hawaii: Their Composition, Nutritive Value and Use (Hawaii...
Mountain apple, or ʻōhi'a ʻai, was one of the twenty-four “canoe plants” brought to Hawaiʻi by Polynesian voyagers over 1,500 years ago.2014, Derek Kurisu, “Honoring the Family of KTA Super Stores”, in Aiko Yamashiro, Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua, editors, The Value of Hawaiʻi...

plural	mountain apples

What does mountain apple mean?: Mountain apple means the Malay apple or pommerac (Syzygium malaccense).
How do you use mountain apple in a sentence?: The mountain apple is very refreshing to eat because of the large amount of water present and the delicate flavor.
What part of speech is mountain apple?: Mountain apple is a noun.
How do you pronounce mountain apple?: Mountain apple is pronounced /ˌmaʊntən ˈæpəl/ (US).
What is the plural of mountain apple?: The plural of mountain apple is mountain apples.

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