Vi-apple

2 definitions found

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

  Otaheite apple \O`ta*hei"te ap"ple\ [So named from Otaheite, or
     Tahiti, one of the Society Islands.] (Bot.)
     (a) The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree ({Spondias
         dulcis}), also called {vi-apple}. It is rather larger
         than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine,
         but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples.


     (b) A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree ({Jambosa
         Malaccensis}) which bears crimson berries.
         [1913 Webster]

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

  Vi-apple \Vi"-ap`ple\, n.
     See {Otaheite apple}.
     [1913 Webster]