Malay apple

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˌleɪ ˈapəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmeɪleɪ ˈæpəl/, /məˌleɪ ˈæpəl/

Malay apple (plural Malay apples)

1. A myrtaceous tree (Syzygium malaccense) native to Malaysia and Australia, or the fruit of this tree. [from 19th c.]

   Synonyms: mountain apple (Hawaii), nakavika (Vanuatu), ohia (Hawaii), pommerac, pomarrosa, rose apple

   • 1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 141:

     A romance must have begun very gradually, beneath the bushy-topped Malay apple trees of the church square […] .

• “Malay”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.