pond-apple tree

• Veralteter Begriff für die Frucht des Glatten Annonenbaums (Annona glabra), eines tropischen Baums in Feuchtgebieten, auch bekannt als Alligatorapfel oder Affenapfel. Der Begriff wird im modernen Englischen selten verwendet.

An archaic term for the fruit of the pond-apple tree (Annona glabra), a tropical tree found in wetlands, also known as alligator apple or monkey apple. The term is rarely used in modern English.

1. C1formalamerican

   A tropical tree (Annona glabra) that grows in swampy areas, producing a fruit that is sometimes called 'pond apple' or 'alligator apple'.

   Tropischer Baum

   • The pond-apple tree thrives in the wetlands of Florida.
   • Its fruit, the pond apple, is not commonly eaten by humans.
   • Alligators are known to eat the fruit of the pond-apple tree.