mangosteen

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a round tropical fruit with a thick purple rind and sweet, juicy white segments

   She split the mangosteen rind and lifted out the fragrant white flesh.

2. 2
   noun

   the Southeast Asian evergreen tree, Garcinia mangostana, that bears this fruit

   The mangosteen thrives in humid tropical climates with reliable rainfall.

Borrowed from Dutch mangosteen, from Malay forms including manggustan and manggistan, related to manggis, a name for Garcinia fruits. Despite its modern spelling, mangosteen is not etymologically related to mango.

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