Etymology tree Proto-South Dravidian *mā Proto-South Dravidian *m Proto-South Dravidian *mām Malayalam മാം (māṁ) Proto-Dravidian *kāy Malayalam കായ (kāya) Malayalam -ങ്ങ (-ṅṅa) Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa)bor. Portuguese mangabor. English mango Borrowed from Portuguese manga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa) / Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), possibly via Malay mangga, ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *mām-kāy (“unripe mango”), a compound of *mām (“mango tree”) + *kāy (“unripe fruit”). First used for the fruit as early as the 1580s and the tree by the 1670s. The etymology of the -o ending is not certain.
Any of species Mangifera indica of tropical Asian fruit trees.
On the hot days, he would lie in the shade of a mango and let little Eugenia clamber over his belly and tug at his beard.1980, Bruce Chatwin, The Viceroy of Ouidah, page 146:
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Fruit of the mango tree.
And I have one [bezoar] form'd round the Stone of that great Plum, which comes pickled from thence, and is called Mango.1738, October–November, Hans Sloan, Philosophical Transactions, volume 40, number 450, “VI. his Answer to the Marquis de Caumont's Letter, concerning this Stone”, translated from the Latin by Thomas Stack, Royal Society (1741), page 376
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A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing; a vegetable or fruit which has been mangoed.
In Pennsylvania and western Maryland, mangoes were generally made with green bell peppers.2004, Elizabeth E. Lea, William Woys Weaver, A Quaker Woman's Cookbook: The Domestic Cookery of Elizabeth Ellicott Lea, page 335:
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US, Dated A green bell pepper suitable for pickling.
Chiefly southern Midland US
Mango peppers by the dozen, if owned by the careful housewife, would gladden the appetite or disposition of any epicure or scold.1879, Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture, Agriculture of Pennsylvania, page 222:
Best mango peppers1896, Ohio State Board of Agriculture, Annual Report, page 154:
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Cut tops from mangoes; remove seeds.1943 August 9, Mary Adgate, “Stuffed Mangoes”, in The Lima News, Lima, Ohio, page 5:
Finally, although both the South and North Midlands are not known for their tropical climate, that's where mangoes grow. These aren't the tropical fruit, though, but what are elsewhere called green peppers.2000, Allan A. Metcalf, How We Talk: American Regional English Today, page 41:
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A type of muskmelon, Cucumis melo.
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Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax.
Etymology tree Proto-South Dravidian *mā Proto-South Dravidian *m Proto-South Dravidian *mām Malayalam മാം (māṁ) Proto-Dravidian *kāy Malayalam കായ (kāya) Malayalam -ങ്ങ (-ṅṅa) Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa)bor. Portuguese mangabor. English mango Borrowed from Portuguese manga, from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa) / Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy), possibly via Malay mangga, ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *mām-kāy (“unripe mango”), a compound of *mām (“mango tree”) + *kāy (“unripe fruit”). First used for the fruit as early as the 1580s and the tree by the 1670s. The etymology of the -o ending is not certain.
Although any melon may be used before it is quite ripe, yet there is a particular sort for this purpose, which the gardeners know, and should be mangoed soon after they are gathered.1870, Hannah Mary Peterson, The Young Wife's Cook Book, page 444:
In an effort to reproduce the pickle, English cooks took to "mangoing" all sorts of substitutes, from cucumbers to unripe peaches. Americans, however, preferred baby musk melons, or, in areas where they did not grow well, bell peppers.1989, William Woys Weaver, America eats: forms of edible folk art:
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For this cookbook, I made mangoed peppers that were not stuffed with cabbage, but stuffed with green and red tomatoes and onions.2008, Beverly Ellen Schoonmaker Alfeld, Pickles To Relish, →ISBN, page 66: