custard apple

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custard apple

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From the fancied resemblance of the fruit's flesh to custard.

noun custard apples

  1. A bullock's heart (Annona reticulata);
  2. A soursop (Annona muricata; fruit and tree);
  3. A sugar apple (Annona squamosa);
  4. A cherimoya (Annona cherimola).
  5. A pawpaw (fruit of Asimina triloba). If you’ve ever sampled an American custard apple, a prairie banana or a hillbilly mango, then you’ve eaten a pawpaw.

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noun any of several tropical fruits in the genus Annona

DeutschFlaschenbaum, Annone

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@misc{custard_apple_2026,
  title = {custard apple},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/custard%20apple},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}