Definitions for mangosteen

mangosteen man·go·steen

Spelling: [mang-guh-steen]
IPA: /ˈmæŋ gəˌstin/

Mangosteen is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 650 anagrams from letters in mangosteen (aeegmnnost).

Definitions for mangosteen

noun

  1. the juicy, edible fruit of an East Indian tree, Garcinia mangostana.
  2. the tree itself.

Origin of mangosteen

1590-1600; earlier mangostan Dutch Malay manggis(h)utan (dial. manggista) a variety of mangosteen (manggis mangosteen + hutan forest)

Examples for mangosteen

The season of the mangosteen is the same with that of the durian.

Here, for the first time, we indulged in that delicious fruit the mangosteen.

I say,” whispered Frank, as he cut open a mangosteen, “do you notice anything?

Those celebrated fruits, the mangosteen and the Durian, are natives of this region, and will hardly grow out of the Archipelago.

There are three species of the mangosteen tree, but of only one, the Garania mangostina, is the fruit edible.

The durian and mangosteen are the most remarkable, and have already been described.

Not even a mangosteen sprinkled with sugar could awaken his enthusiasm.

This variety is common in the Islands, and has often been mistaken for the mangosteen.

No fruit in the world has won such praises as the mangosteen.

He decided he could become a mangosteen addict in no time and started back to buy a bagful.

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