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Eggfruit
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The fruit of the canistel tree (Lucuma campechiana), native to Central America and cultivated in tropical regions.
- 2 ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies wordnet
- 3 The fruit of the lucmo tree (Lucuma bifera), closely related to the canistel and native to the Andean region of South America.
"“I’m pumped!” he exclaimed, having just been told that a new graft will increase the size of his cherimoyas, and that he can easily hand pollinate his underproducing eggfruits."
Etymology
From egg + fruit, referring to the texture of the fruit’s flesh, which has been likened to that of a hard-boiled egg yolk.
See also for "eggfruit"
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