cherimoya

English

Ripe cherimoya fruits

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chirimoya, from Quechua chirimuya.

Noun

cherimoya (plural cherimoyas)

A subtropical tree, Annona cherimola, native to mountainous areas of South America.
A conical fruit with white flesh from that tree.

Synonyms

Translations

tree

French: chérimolier (fr) m (tree), chérimole (fr) f (fruit)
Galician: chirimoio (gl) m
German: Cherimoya (de) f

Quechua: chirimuya
Spanish: chirimoya f

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