Meaning of mango | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica.
   countable, uncountable
2. handle (part of an object which is held in the hand)
3. Ellipsis of Mango Island.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
4. a language spoken in China
5. a language spoken in Chad
6. The fruit of the mango tree.
   countable, uncountable
7. mango (fruit and tree)
8. Ellipsis of Mango Township.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
9. A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing; a vegetable or fruit which has been mangoed.
   countable, uncountable
10. alternative form of mangos
11. A green bell pepper suitable for pickling.
    US, countable, dated, uncountable
12. first-person singular present indicative of mangar
13. A type of muskmelon, Cucumis melo.
    countable, uncountable
14. Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax.
    countable, uncountable
15. A yellow-orange color, like that of mango flesh.
    countable, uncountable
16. The breasts.
    countable, in-plural, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“On the hot days, he would lie in the shade of a mango and let little Eugenia clamber over his belly and tug at his beard.”

“And I have one [bezoar] form'd round the Stone of that great Plum, which comes pickled from thence, and is called Mango.”

“In Pennsylvania and western Maryland, mangoes were generally made with green bell peppers.”

“Mango peppers by the dozen, if owned by the careful housewife, would gladden the appetite or disposition of any epicure or scold.”

“Best mango peppers”

“Cut tops from mangoes; remove seeds.”

“Finally, although both the South and North Midlands are not known for their tropical climate, that's where mangoes grow. These aren't the tropical fruit, though, but what are elsewhere called green peppers.”

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