Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pond apple

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables: pond ap-ple
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tree native to Florida and throughout the New World tropics, Annona glabra.

noun

The edible fruit of this tree.

Etymology

So called because it grows in a watery swamp environment.

Inflected Forms

pond apples (plural)

Synonyms

pond-apple tree annona glabra

Questions

What does pond apple mean?: A tree native to Florida and throughout the New World tropics, Annona glabra.
Where does pond apple come from?: So called because it grows in a watery swamp environment.

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