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Mango definition

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A yellow-red, oblong tropical fruit with thick rind, somewhat acid and juicy pulp, and a hard stone: it is eaten when ripe, or preserved or pickled when unripe.
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(chiefly north midland us) A bell pepper, especially a green one.
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The code name for Version 7.5 of Windows Phone. See Windows Phone.
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The tropical, evergreen, Asian tree (Mangifera indica) of the cashew family on which it grows.
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A tropical evergreen tree (Mangifera indica) native to Asia, widely cultivated for its edible fruit.
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(US, chiefly southern Midwest, dated) A green bell pepper suitable for pickling.
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The oval fruit of this tree, having a smooth rind, sweet juicy flesh, and a flat one-seeded stone, and eaten ripe or pickled when green.
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(botany) A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica.
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The fruit of the mango tree.
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A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing; a vegetable or fruit which has been mangoed.
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A type of muskmelon, Cucumis melo.
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Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax. (Also often capitalized: Mango)
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(uncommon) To stuff and pickle (a fruit).
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Any of various species of hummingbird of the genus Anthracothorax, such as the Jamaican mango.
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Noun

Singular:
mango
Plural:
mangoes, mangos

Origin of mango

  • From Portuguese manga fruit of the mango tree from Malayalam māṅṅa or a kindred Dravidian source Tamil mā mānti, māti

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (mā, “mango species") + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit").

    From Wiktionary

Mango Sentence Examples

  • Coco-palms and mango trees have been planted in great numbers, and also many varieties of bananas.

  • Among the chief productions of the plains are rice (the staple export of the country); pepper (chiefly from Chantabun); sirih, sago, sugar-cane, coco-nut and betel, Palmyra or sugar and attap palms; many forms of banana and other fruit, such as durian, orange-pommelo, guava, bread-fruit, mango, jack fruit, pine-apple, custard-apple and mangosteen.

  • There are gutta-percha, india-rubber and other trees and plants yielding gums, the banana, mango, and many other trees and plants yielding fruits; and various trees and plants yielding nuts, spices, oils and medicines.

  • It smells like coco, mango, and pineapple.

  • Serve with rice, mango chutney, boiled green bananas, fresh red pepper, sliced onions and tomato salad.

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