atemoya

[ ah-tuh-moi-uh ]

noun

1. a tropical tree of the Philippines that is a hybrid of the cherimoya and sweetsop.
2. the pinecone- or heart-shaped fruit of this tree, having a sweet, edible, white pulp.

Word History and Origins

Origin of atemoya¹

1910–15; < Tagalog and Philippine English ate sweetsop + (cheri)moya ( def )

Example Sentences

Atemoya, black sapote and sapodilla, for example, thrive in hot, humid climates and are relatively unknown in this country, outside the areas they are grown.

From Salon

Fatsis: But Mack did manage to score well using JEERED—and ATEMOYA.

From Slate

And based on Will’s last play, he probably didn’t keep an H or a K. If he’d had one of them, he likely would have had better scoring opportunities than ATEMOYA.

From Slate

A walk around the garden is a lesson in the diversity of things that can thrive in this climate: tiny turkey figs, knobby atemoya, towering banana trees.

From New York Times

In words and pictures she tells readers how to identify, buy, store, clean and prepare jicama, atemoya, daikon, nopales and calabaza, among dozens of others.

From Time Magazine Archive