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mango /ˈmaŋɡəʊ /noun (plural mangoes or mangos)1A fleshy, oval, yellowish-red tropical fruit which is eaten ripe or used green for pickles or chutneys.Now, those industries have gone and globalisation means that we can buy sun-drenched pineapples, mangoes and passion fruit in the middle of winter....- You can use almost any fruit you like, but ripe mangoes, apricots and peaches all work particularly well.
- I chop up whatever fruits and vegetables I have available and make a delicious salad including my favourite garbanzo beans and mangoes.
2 (also mango tree) The evergreen tropical Indian tree which bears the mango.- Mangifera indica, family Anacardiaceae.
I have a mango tree that's been in the ground two years....- She was kneeling under our mango tree drying out some wheat.
- Last year we featured a gardener who was enjoying summer fruit from a mango tree in his garden.
3A tropical American hummingbird that typically has green plumage with purple feathers on the wings, tail, or head.- Genus Anthracothorax, family Trochilidae: several species.
Among these are the dark green Jamaican mango and the red- and black-billed streamertail hummingbirds. Origin Late 16th century: from Portuguese manga, from a Dravidian language. Rhymes charango, Durango, fandango, Okavango, quango, Sango, tango |