Malay apple

noun

Malay apple

noun

UK /məˌleɪ ˈapəl/ · US /ˌmeɪleɪ ˈæpəl/

1

A myrtaceous tree (Syzygium malaccense) native to Malaysia and Australia, or the fruit of this tree.

  • A romance must have begun very gradually, beneath the bushy-topped Malay apple trees of the church square […].1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 141:

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