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Webster 1913 Edition
Mango
Man′go
,Noun.
pl.
Mangoes
(#)
. [Pg.
manga
, fr. Tamil mānkāy
.] 1.
The fruit of the mango tree. It is rather larger than an apple, and of an ovoid shape. Some varieties are fleshy and luscious, and others tough and tasting of turpentine. The green fruit is pickled for market.
2.
A green muskmelon stuffed and pickled.
Mango bird
(Zool.)
, an oriole (
– Oriolus kundoo
), native of India. Mango fish
(Zool.)
, a fish of the Ganges (
– Polynemus risua
), highly esteemed for food. It has several long, slender filaments below the pectoral fins. It appears about the same time with the mango fruit, in April and May, whence the name. Mango tree
(Bot.)
, an .
Webster 1828 Edition
Mango
MAN'GO
,Noun.
1.
A green muskmelon pickled.