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mangosteen

  • /ˈmæŋ.ɡoʊ.stin/ US
  • /ˈmæŋ.ɡə.stiːn/ UK

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Borrowed from Dutch mangosteen (“mangosteen”), from Malay manggustan ~ manggista ~ manggistan fusing manggis hutan “jungle manggis” applied to Garcinia hombroniana or G. malaccensis; manggis is a generic word applied to other related garcinias like above and Garcinia penangiana (manggis burung). Not related to mango, though this may have influenced the spelling and pronunciation.

noun mangosteens · mangostan · mangousteen

  1. A tropical fruit of the tree genus Garcinia. The Mangosteen, Lansat, Rambutan, Jack, Jambou, and Blimbing, are all abundant; but most abundant and most esteemed is the Durian, a fruit about which very little is known in England, but which both by natives and Europeans in the Malay Archipelago is reckoned superior to all others.
  2. A tropical fruit of the tree Garcinia mangostana.
  3. The tree on which the fruit grows.

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noun fruit

Españolmangostán, mangostino
한국어망고스틴 manggoseutin
日本語マンゴスチン mangosuchin
中文山竹 shānzhú, 山竹果 shānzhúguǒ, 莽吉柿 mǎngjíshì
हिन्दीमेन्गोस्टीन mengosṭīn
Portuguêsmangostão, mangostim
Françaismangoustan, mangouste, brindone
DeutschMangostane
Italianomangostano
Românămangustan
Русскиймангоста́н mangostán, мангуста́н mangustán, мангустин mangustin
Tiếng Việtmăng cụt
العربيةمَانْغُوسْتِين manḡustīn, مَانْجُوسْتِين mangustīn, جَوْز جَنْدَم jawz jandam

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@misc{mangosteen_2026,
  title = {mangosteen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mangosteen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}