Mangoes

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mango \Man"go\, n.; pl. {Mangoes}. [Pg. manga, fr. Tamil
     m[=a]nk[=a]y.]
     1. The fruit of the mango tree. It is rather larger than an
        apple, and of an ovoid shape. Some varieties are fleshy
        and luscious, and others tough and tasting of turpentine.
        The green fruit is pickled for market.


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     2. A green muskmelon stuffed and pickled.
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     {Mango bird} (Zool.), an oriole ({Oriolus kundoo}), native of
        India.
  
     {Mango fish} (Zool.), a fish of the Ganges ({Polynemus
        risua}), highly esteemed for food. It has several long,
        slender filaments below the pectoral fins. It appears
        about the same time with the mango fruit, in April and
        May, whence the name.
  
     {Mango tree} (Bot.), an .
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mango
       n 1: large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval
            smooth-skinned fruit [syn: {mango tree}, {Mangifera
            indica}]
       2: large oval smooth-skinned tropical fruit with juicy aromatic
          pulp and a large hairy seed
       [also: {mangoes} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mangoes
       See {mango}