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单词 sweetsop
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sweetsop

[ sweet-sop ]
/ ˈswitˌsɒp /

noun

a sweet, pulpy fruit having a thin, tuberculate rind, borne by a tropical American tree or shrub, Annona squamosa, of the annona family.
the tree or shrub.
Also called sugar apple.

Origin of sweetsop

First recorded in 1690–1700; sweet + sop

Words nearby sweetsop

sweet roll, sweet scabious, sweet-scented, sweet-shop, sweet shrub, sweetsop, sweet sorghum, sweet spirit of nitre, sweet spot, sweet talk, sweet-tempered
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British Dictionary definitions for sweetsop

sweetsop
/ (ˈswiːtˌsɒp) /

noun

a small West Indian tree, Annona squamosa, having yellowish-green fruit: family Annonaceae
the fruit of this tree, which has a sweet edible pulp
Also: sugar apple, custard apple
Compare soursop

Word Origin for sweetsop

C19: so called because of the flavour and consistency of its pulp
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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