custard apple
nounEtymology From the fancied resemblance of the fruit's flesh to custard.
› Any of several tropical fruits in the genus Annona:
1
A bullock's heart (Annona reticulata);
2
A soursop (Annona muricata; fruit and tree);
3
A sugar apple (Annona squamosa);
4
A cherimoya (Annona cherimola).
5
A pawpaw (fruit of Asimina triloba).
- If you’ve ever sampled an American custard apple, a prairie banana or a hillbilly mango, then you’ve eaten a pawpaw.2023 September 29, Molly Fitzpatrick, “He’s the Pawpaw King of Brooklyn. (What’s a Pawpaw?)”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Derived terms
- African custard apple, prickly custard apple, wild custard apple