Lucuman.
/l(j)uːkjʊmə/ A genus of American trees (family Sapotaceæ) bearing sweet fruit.
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mammee sapota1657
Lucuma1745
natural marmalade1797
American marmalade1836
mammee1866
marmalade tree1866
marmalade plum1882
1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 91 The natural Fruit of Peru are Guavas, Lucomas, Holos and Wallnuts.
1748 tr. P. Lozano True Relation Earthquake Lima iii. 210 The Lucumas..are there very plentiful.
1848 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Gardner).
1866 in J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. ; and in mod. Dicts.
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