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mangosteen

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Pronunciation
/ˈmæŋ.ɡoʊ.stin/ (US)
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/ˈmæŋ.ɡoʊ.stin/ (US) · /ˈmæŋ.ɡə.stiːn/ (UK)

Definition of mangosteen

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A tropical fruit of the tree genus Garcinia.
    “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.”
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noun

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

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Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch mangosteen (“mangosteen”), from Malay manggustan ~ manggista ~ manggistan fusing manggis hutan “jungle manggis” applied to Garcinia hombroniana or G. malaccensis; manggis is a generic word applied to other related garcinias like above and Garcinia penangiana (manggis burung). Not related to mango, though this may have influenced the spelling and pronunciation.

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