custard apple
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˈkʌs.təd ˌæp.əl/ us/ˈkʌs.tɚd ˌæp.əl/
番荔枝树;番荔枝果实
a large tropical fruit with sweet white or yellow flesh and large dark seeds, or the tree on which it grows
I bought eight steaming spring rolls and a custard apple. 我买了8个热气腾腾的春卷和1个番荔枝。
Custard apples grow well in the rich soils of the Vietnamese highlands. 番荔枝在越南高地肥沃的土壤中长势良好。
Compare: cherimoyasoursop
- More examples
- At the fresh fruit stalls we stock up on dragon fruits and custard apples.
- Often regarded as the true custard apple, the sugar apple (Annona squamosa), is sweeter than the cherimoya.
- Local restaurants offer this rice pudding in a wide range of flavours including mango, fig, custard apple, etc.
- In Brazil, I tried custard apple juice, sweet and creamy but with a sharp edge.