cherimoya

noun

1. A subtropical tree, of species Annona cherimola, native to mountainous areas of South America.
2. A conical fruit with white flesh from that tree.

   “To some it tastes like a pina colada without rum; to others, a cross between a strawberry and a pineapple. For natives of the Caribbean the cherimoya is a fruit that can be plucked from backyard trees for nothing.”

   “Mark Twain called the cherimoya "deliciousness itself," though others have described this heart-shaped, fist-sized fruit with pale-green leathery skin as "reptilian," like a "fossil artichoke" or "the finial for a giant four-poster bed."”