wood apple
noun (1)Definition of wood apple
(Entry 1 of 2)
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: a small tree (Limoina acidissima or Feronia elephantum) of the family Rutaceae of southeastern Asia that yields a hard heavy durable yellowish wood and is often cultivated for its acid hard-rinded fruit which is used as a food and together with the leaves in folk medicine
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: the fruit of the wood apple
wood-apple
noun (2)Definition of wood-apple (Entry 2 of 2)
: a gum obtained from the wood apple and used like gum arabic