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atemoya

[ ah-tuh-moi-uh ]

noun

  1. a tropical tree of the Philippines that is a hybrid of the cherimoya and sweetsop.
  2. the pinecone- or heart-shaped fruit of this tree, having a sweet, edible, white pulp.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of atemoya1

1910–15; < Tagalog and Philippine English ate sweetsop + (cheri)moya ( def )
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Example Sentences

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Atemoya, black sapote and sapodilla, for example, thrive in hot, humid climates and are relatively unknown in this country, outside the areas they are grown.

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Fatsis: But Mack did manage to score well using JEERED—and ATEMOYA.

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And based on Will’s last play, he probably didn’t keep an H or a K. If he’d had one of them, he likely would have had better scoring opportunities than ATEMOYA.

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A walk around the garden is a lesson in the diversity of things that can thrive in this climate: tiny turkey figs, knobby atemoya, towering banana trees.

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In words and pictures she tells readers how to identify, buy, store, clean and prepare jicama, atemoya, daikon, nopales and calabaza, among dozens of others.

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