sea apple

English

Noun

sea apple (plural sea apples)

  1. A round, colourful sea cucumber of the genera Paracucumaria and Paracolochirus, found primarily in Indo-Pacific waters.
  2. The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria plukenetii ⇒ ) Manicaria saccifera, often found floating in the sea.
    • 1864, August Grisebach, Flora of the British West Indian Islands:
      Sea-apple: Manicaria Pluketielii.
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