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PAPAYA |
Tropical fruit tree |
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PAWPAW |
Tropical fruit tree |
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SAPODILLA |
A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree (Achras
Sapota); also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum. |
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JAMBOLANA |
A myrtaceous tree of the West Indies and tropical
America (Calyptranthes Jambolana), with astringent bark, used for
dyeing. It bears an edible fruit. |
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MANCHINEEL |
A euphorbiaceous tree (Hippomane Mancinella) of
tropical America, having a poisonous and blistering milky juice, and
poisonous acrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple. |
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AVOCADO |
The pulpy fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropical
America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; -- called also
avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's butter. |
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PINEAPPLE |
A tropical plant (Ananassa sativa); also, its fruit; --
so called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and external
appearance, to the ... |
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CASHEW |
A tree (Anacardium occidentale) of the same family which
the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in
all tropical co... |
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MAMMEE |
A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus
Mammea (M. Americana); also, its fruit. The latter is large, covered
with a thick, tou... |
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GUAVA |
A tropical tree, or its fruit, of the genus Psidium. Two
varieties are well known, the P. pyriferum, or white guava, and P.
pomiferum, or red g... |
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TAMARIND |
A leguminous tree (Tamarindus Indica) cultivated both the
Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade,
and for its frui... |
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LEMON |
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containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical
tree of the genus Citrus, the common fruit known in commerce being th... |
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PAPAW |
A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the
order Passifloreae. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet
high, crow... |
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DURIAN |
Tropical fruit |
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DATEPALM |
Fruit tree |
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BANANA |
Tropical fruit |
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AKEE |
Tropical tree |
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KOLA |
Tropical tree |
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CACAO |
Tropical tree |
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MIMOSA |
Tropical tree |
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DATES |
Tree fruit |
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PALM |
Tropical tree |
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ORCHARD |
Fruit-tree garden |
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MANGO |
Tropical fruit |
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PLANTAIN |
Tropical fruit |