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sweetsop
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˈswiːt.sɒp/ us /ˈswiːt.sɑːp/(alsosugar apple)
a round or heart-shaped tropical fruit with sweet white flesh, many black seeds and a hard green skin divided into many small sections, or the tree on which this fruit grows. It is a type of custard apple: 番荔枝树;番荔枝果实
The sweetsop, also known as sugar apple, is native to the West Indies and South America.
The local name for the Sugar-apple Tree (Annona squamosa) is Sweetsop.
Martin, a local farmer, handed me a sweetsop, also known as a sugar apple, that looks like a pine cone and tastes like custard.
A survey revealed that people with PSP-like illnesses were more likely than others to have consumed two native fruits called sweetsop and soursop.
The sweetsop is a knobbly green fruit which is approximately the size of a tennis ball.
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