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rose apple

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Angophora costata, a common woodland and forest tree of Eastern Australia.

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Meaning 2

Any of various Syzygium species or their fruit, especially:

Syzygium aqueum, the watery rose apple.

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Meaning 3

Any of various Syzygium species or their fruit, especially:

Syzygium jambos, the jambu fruit.

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Meaning 4

Any of various Syzygium species or their fruit, especially:

Syzygium malaccense, the Malay rose apple.

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Meaning 5

Any of various Syzygium species or their fruit, especially:

Syzygium samarangense, the Semarang rose-apple or wax jambu.

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noun

Meaning 6

fragrant oval yellowish tropical fruit used in jellies and confections

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: edible fruit

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noun

Meaning 7

tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rose-apple tree, jambosa, Eugenia jambos

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Broader terms: fruit tree

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 悉尼紅樹膠 /悉尼红树胶 (Xīní hóngshùjiāo) — Angophora costata
  • Bulgarian: розова ябълка (rozova jabǎlka) — Syzygium
  • Burmese: ဇမ္ဗူ (jambu) — Syzygium
  • Burmese: ဇမ္ဗုသပြေ (jambu.sa.pre) — Syzygium
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蒲桃 (pútáo) — Syzygium
  • Finnish: jambolaani — Syzygium
  • Japanese: フトモモ (futomomo) — Syzygium
  • Khmer: ជម្ពូ (cɔɔmpuu) — Syzygium
  • Khmer: ព្រីង (priing) — Syzygium
  • Portuguese: jambo — Syzygium
  • Sanskrit: जम्बु (jambu) — Syzygium
  • Seimat: ahi — Syzygium
  • Spanish: pomarrosa — Syzygium
  • Spanish: manzana de agua — Syzygium
  • Swahili: darabi — Syzygium
  • Thai: ชมพู่ (chom-pûu) — Syzygium
  • Vietnamese: lý — Syzygium
  • Dutch: pommeroos — Syzygium jambos
  • Dutch: djamboe mawar — Syzygium jambos