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  • 61tamarillo — /tæməˈrɪloʊ/ (say tamuh riloh) noun 1. a tree like shrub, Cyphomandra betacea, with large simple leaves and smooth, egg shaped, somewhat acid red fruit, native to South America but widely cultivated; tree tomato. 2. the fruit of this shrub.… …

  • 62acidulate — [ə sij′o͞o lāt΄] vt. [< L acidulus (see ACIDULOUS) + ATE1] acidulated, acidulating to make somewhat acid or sour acidulation n …

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  • 63mango — [maŋ′gō] n. pl. mangoes or mangos [Port manga < Malay maṅga < Tamil mān kāy < mān, mango tree + kāy, fruit] 1. a yellow red, oblong tropical fruit with thick rind, somewhat acid and juicy pulp, and a hard stone: it is eaten when ripe, or …

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  • 64acidulate — v.tr. make somewhat acid. Derivatives: acidulation n. Etymology: L acidulus dimin. of acidus sour …

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  • 65acidulous — adj. somewhat acid …

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  • 66black huckleberry — noun low shrub of the eastern United States bearing shiny black edible fruit; best known of the huckleberries • Syn: ↑Gaylussacia baccata • Hypernyms: ↑huckleberry • Part Meronyms: ↑huckleberry * * * noun 1 …

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  • 67Citrus paradisi — noun citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp • Syn: ↑grapefruit • Hypernyms: ↑citrus, ↑citrus tree • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Citrus • Part Meronyms: ↑ …

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  • 68bullock's-heart — noun also bullock heart ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ Etymology: so called from its size and appearance : a light green to yellow slightly bristly and somewhat acid tropical fruit that turns brown when fully ripe, is closely related to the soursop and sweetsop …

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  • 69caraunda — kəˈrau̇ndə, ˌdä noun ( s) Etymology: Hindi karañdā, from Sanskrit karamardaka : an East Indian evergreen shrub or small tree (Carissa carandas) having a somewhat acid fruit that is pickled green or eaten ripe …

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  • 70reddish prairie soil — noun : any of a group of zonal soils developed under tall grass in a warm temperate humid to subhumid climate that have dark reddish brown somewhat acid surface soils which grade to the parent material through slightly heavier reddish soils …

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