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pond apple

pond apple noun: a tree native to Florida and throughout the New World tropics, Annona glabra.

Noun

pond apple (plural pond apples)

  1. A tree native to Florida and throughout the New World tropics, Annona glabra.
  2. The edible fruit of this tree.

Forms of pond apple

pluralpond apples

Origin of pond apple

So called because it grows in a watery swamp environment.

Questions about pond apple

What does pond apple mean?
Pond apple means a tree native to Florida and throughout the New World tropics, Annona glabra.
What part of speech is pond apple?
Pond apple is a noun.
What is the plural of pond apple?
The plural of pond apple is pond apples.

Words near pond apple in the dictionary

  1. ponciness
  2. poncing
  3. ponctiform
  4. poncy
  5. pond
  6. pond apple
  7. pond apples
  8. pond cypress
  9. pond cypresses
  10. pond damselflies
  11. pond damselfly

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