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sea apple

sea apple noun: a round, colourful sea cucumber of the genera Paracucumaria and Paracolochirus, found primarily in Indo-Pacific waters.

Noun

sea apple (plural sea apples)

  1. A round, colourful sea cucumber of the genera Paracucumaria and Paracolochirus, found primarily in Indo-Pacific waters.
  2. (obsolete) A sea urchin.
  3. The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria plukenetii ⇒ ) Manicaria saccifera, often found floating in the sea.
    • Sea-apple: Manicaria Pluketielii.1864, August Grisebach, Flora of the British West Indian Islands
  4. A troolie palm; any member of the species Syzygium grande of trees, that can reach 30 m, found along the coastal mountains of Southeast Asia or its fruit.

Forms of sea apple

pluralsea apples
alternative formsea-apple

Questions about sea apple

What does sea apple mean?
Sea apple means a round, colourful sea cucumber of the genera Paracucumaria and Paracolochirus, found primarily in Indo-Pacific waters.
What part of speech is sea apple?
Sea apple is a noun.
What is the plural of sea apple?
The plural of sea apple is sea apples.

Words near sea apple in the dictionary

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  6. sea apple
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  8. sea apricot
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  10. sea arch
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