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Mango

//ˈmæŋɡoʊ// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
Ellipsis of Mango Island. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
2
a language spoken in China
3
a language spoken in Chad
4
Ellipsis of Mango Township. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Noun

1
A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica. countable, uncountable
"On the hot days, he would lie in the shade of a mango and let little Eugenia clamber over his belly and tug at his beard."
2
large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed wordnet
3
The fruit of the mango tree. countable, uncountable
"And I have one [bezoar] form'd round the Stone of that great Plum, which comes pickled from thence, and is called Mango."
4
large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit wordnet
5
A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing; a vegetable or fruit which has been mangoed. countable, uncountable
"In Pennsylvania and western Maryland, mangoes were generally made with green bell peppers."

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6
A green bell pepper suitable for pickling. US, countable, dated, uncountable
"Mango peppers by the dozen, if owned by the careful housewife, would gladden the appetite or disposition of any epicure or scold."
7
A type of muskmelon, Cucumis melo. countable, uncountable
8
Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax. countable, uncountable
9
A yellow-orange color, like that of mango flesh. countable, uncountable
10
The breasts. countable, in-plural, slang, uncountable

Verb

1
To stuff and pickle (a fruit). uncommon
"Although any melon may be used before it is quite ripe, yet there is a particular sort for this purpose, which the gardeners know, and should be mangoed soon after they are gathered."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Proto-South Dravidian *mā Proto-South Dravidian *m Proto-South Dravidian *mām Malayalam മാം (māṁ) Proto-Dravidian *kāy Malayalam കായ (kāya) Malayalam -ങ്ങ (-ṅṅa) Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa)bor. Portuguese mangabor. English mango Borrowed from Portuguese manga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa) / Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), possibly via Malay mangga, ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *mām-kāy (“unripe mango”), a compound of *mām (“mango tree”) + *kāy (“unripe fruit”). First used for the fruit as early as the 1580s and the tree by the 1670s. The etymology of the -o ending is not certain.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From Mango ma21 ŋo21.

Etymology 4

From Mango Mango.

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