mamey

Borrowed from Spanish mamey, from Taíno.

• IPA^(key): /mɑˈmeɪ/

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mamey (plural mameys or mameyes)

1. An evergreen tree of species Mammea americana, or its edible fruit.

   Synonym: yellow mamey

2. A tree of species Pouteria sapota, or its fruit.

   Synonym: red mamey

3. A flowering plant of species Magnolia guatemalensis

• mamee, mamie, mammey

• mamey sapote

• Mayme

Borrowed from Taíno [Term?].

• IPA^(key): /maˈmei/ [maˈmei̯]
• Rhymes: -ei
• Syllabification: ma‧mey

mamey m (plural mameyes)

1. the mamey or mammee apple, Mammea americana

• “mamey”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024