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Meaning of mangosteen | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈmæŋ.ɡoʊ.stin/

Definitions

  1. A tropical fruit of the tree genus Garcinia.
  2. A tropical fruit of the tree Garcinia mangostana.
  3. The tree on which the fruit grows.

Examples

“The Mangosteen, Lansat, Rambutan, Jack, Jambou, and Blimbing, are all abundant; but most abundant and most esteemed is the Durian, a fruit about which very little is known in England, but which both by natives and Europeans in the Malay Archipelago is reckoned superior to all others.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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