custard apple

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

custard apple

noun

Definition of CUSTARD APPLE

1
a : any of several chiefly tropical American soft-fleshed edible fruits b : any of a genus (Annona of the family Annonaceae, the custard-apple family) of trees or shrubs bearing this fruit; especially : a small West Indian tree (A. reticulata)
2
: pawpaw 2

First Known Use of CUSTARD APPLE

1657

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