"alligator apple" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: alligator apples [plural]
Etymology: From the fact that American alligators sometimes eat the fruit. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} alligator apple (countable and uncountable, plural alligator apples)
  1. A tropical fruit tree, of species Annona glabra, that grows in swamps in the tropical Americas and West Africa. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Custard apple family plants Synonyms: pond apple, swamp apple, corkwood, bobwood, monkey apple
    Sense id: en-alligator_apple-en-noun-m9NEKjs- Disambiguation of Custard apple family plants: 61 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 69 31 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 77 23
  2. Fruit of Annona glabra, oblong to spherical and roughly apple-sized. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (fruit of Annona glabra): araticum [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-alligator_apple-en-noun-sgL9jv2G Disambiguation of 'fruit of Annona glabra': 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Annona glabra): araticum [masculine] (Portuguese), araticum-do-brejo [masculine] (Portuguese)
Disambiguation of 'Annona glabra': 49 51

Inflected forms

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