custard apple tree

/ˌkʌstərd ˌæpəl tri/

Other forms: custard apple trees

Definitions of custard apple tree

1. noun

   any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp
   synonyms: custard apple

   types:

   Annona cherimola, cherimoya, cherimoya tree

   small tropical American tree bearing round or oblong fruit

   Annona diversifolia, ilama, ilama tree

   tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit

   Annona muricata, prickly custard apple, soursop, soursop tree

   small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit

   Annona reticulata, bullock heart, bullock's heart, bullock's heart tree

   small tropical American tree bearing a bristly heart-shaped acid tropical fruit

   Annona squamosa, sweetsop, sweetsop tree

   tropical American tree bearing sweet pulpy fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds

   Annona glabra, pond apple, pond-apple tree

   small evergreen tree of tropical America with edible fruit; used chiefly as grafting stock

   Asimina triloba, papaw, papaw tree, pawpaw

   small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit

   type of:

   fruit tree

   tree bearing edible fruit