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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.
The fruit of the mango tree, a native of the East Indies, of the genus Mangifera. It is brought to us only when pickled. Hence mango is the green fruit of the tree pickled.
1.
A green muskmelon pickled.

Definition 2024

mangō

mangō

See also: mango, Mango, mangó, and manĝo

Japanese

Romanization

mangō

  1. rōmaji reading of まんごう

Maori

Alternative forms

  • makō (Southern dialect)

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *maŋo.

Noun

mangō

  1. shark

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