eggfruit
nounEtymology From egg + fruit.
1
Fruit of the eggplant (Solanum melongena).
2
Fruit of the canistel tree (Lucuma campechiana), native to Central America and cultivated in tropical regions.
3
Fruit of the lucmo tree (Lucuma bifera), closely related to the canistel and native to the Andean region of South America.
- “I’m pumped!” he exclaimed, having just been told that a new graft will increase the size of his cherimoyas, and that he can easily hand pollinate his underproducing eggfruits.2009 June 28, John Anderson, “His Weird Side: That’s Where the Fun Is”, in New York Times: