eggfruit
eggfruit · eggfruits
Fruit of the eggplantFruit of the eggplant (Solanum melongena).
» Eggfruit tastes like candied sweet potatoes.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Fruit of the eggplant (Solanum melongena).
(countable, uncountable)Fruit of the canistel tree (Lucuma campechiana), native to Central America and cultivated in tropical regions.
(countable, uncountable)Fruit of the lucmo tree (Lucuma bifera), closely related to the canistel and native to the Andean region of South America.
More definitions
- ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies
Examples
1 sentencesEggfruit tastes like candied sweet potatoes.
Origin
From egg + fruit.From egg + fruit.
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Forms
plural: eggfruitsSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies:canistel
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable