To some it tastes like a pina colada without rum; to others, a cross between a strawberry and a pineapple. For natives of the Caribbean the cherimoya is a fruit that can be plucked from backyard trees for nothing.
Source: wiktionary
Cherimoya
//t͡ʃeɹɪˈmoɪ.ə//
Synonyms for "cherimoya" (10 found)
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Strong matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (5)
Noun(2 words)
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27 translations across 15 languages.
Basque
1 entries- txirimoia noun (fruit)
Catalan
2 entries- xirimoia noun (fruit)
- xirimoier noun (tree)
Finnish
4 entries- annoona noun (fruit)
- annoonapuu noun (tree)
- kirimoija noun (fruit)
- suomuannoona noun (fruit)
French
2 entries- chérimole noun (fruit)
- chérimolier noun (tree)
Galician
1 entries- chirimoio noun (tree)
German
2 entries- Cherimoya noun (tree)
- Cherimoya noun (fruit)
Hawaiian
2 entries- momona noun (tree)
- momona noun (fruit)
Italian
2 entries- cirimoia noun (tree)
- cirimoia noun (fruit)
Japanese
2 entries- チェリモア noun (tree)
- チェリモヤ noun (tree)
Kikuyu
1 entries- mũtomoko noun (tree)
Quechua
2 entries- chirimuya noun (fruit)
- chirimuya sach'a noun (tree)
Spanish
2 entries- chirimoya noun (tree)
- chirimoya noun (fruit)
Swedish
1 entries- cherimoya noun (tree)
Vietnamese
2 entries- mãng cầu tây noun (tree)
- mãng cầu tây noun (fruit)
Záparo
1 entries- sákatu noun (tree)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Mark Twain called the cherimoya "deliciousness itself," though others have described this heart-shaped, fist-sized fruit with pale-green leathery skin as "reptilian," like a "fossil artichoke" or "the finial for a giant four-poster bed."
Source: wiktionary
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