chirimoya

[ chir-uh-moi-uh ]

noun

1. cherimoya.

Example Sentences

As we walked through the market, a fruit peddler with a voice like a piccolo sang out, “Papaya, melón, plátano, chirimoya.”

From The New Yorker

Of Peruvian fruits, the most delicious is the chirimoya.

From Project Gutenberg

If a tiger-flower glittered on the path, if a chirimoya put forth its fruit by the wayside, before the knight could turn his eyes upon them, they were in his hand; and Jacinto smiled with delight, as he received the thanks of his patron.

From Project Gutenberg

Here, besides the heavenly anana, the grateful manioc, and other fruits and roots with which the cavalier had become acquainted in the islands, he was introduced to the royal chirimoya, the zapote, and other fruits as new as they were delicious.

From Project Gutenberg

In Lima the Chirimoya is comparatively small, often only the size of an orange.

From Project Gutenberg