1. (noun)marmalade tree, mammee, sapote, Pouteria zapota, Calocarpum zapota tropical American tree having woodlike mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genusCalocarpum
2. (noun)mammee apple, mammee, mamey, mammee tree, Mammea americana tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind
3. (noun)mamey, mammee, mammee apple globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thickrusset leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh
4. (noun)sapote, mammee, marmalade plum brownoval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet
Definition of 'mammee'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)mammee a fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genusMammea (M. Americana); also, its fruit. The latter is large, covered with a thick, tough ring, and contains a bright yellow pulp of a pleasant taste and fragrant scent. It is often called mammee apple