mango

man-go · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A tropical fruit with sweet, juicy, orange-yellow flesh and a large flat stone.

  2. 2.

    The evergreen tree (Mangifera indica) that bears this fruit, native to South Asia.

Forms

plural: mangoes

Related words

See also: fruit, papaya, tropical

Etymology

From Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil māṅkāy (from mā "mango tree" + kāy "fruit"). The fruit originated in South Asia and was introduced to the West by Portuguese traders in the 16th century.