Meaning of mountain apple | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The Malay apple or pommerac (Syzygium malaccense).
   Hawaii, especially
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mountain, apple.

Examples

“The mountain apple juice is mouthwateringly delicious.”

“Fresh breezes sweep down the mountains, laden with the perfumes of the orange, the banana, pine-apple, and mountain apple trees […]”

“The mountain apple is very refreshing to eat because of the large amount of water present and the delicate flavor. It is most frequently eaten out of hand, but may be cut up and used in salads and cocktails.”

“Mountain apple, or ʻōhi'a ʻai, was one of the twenty-four “canoe plants” brought to Hawaiʻi by Polynesian voyagers over 1,500 years ago.”

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