Dictionary entry

Mangosteen

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Man″go‐steen (?), Man″go‐stan (?), } n. [Malay mangusta, mangis.] (Bot.) A tree of the East Indies of the genus Garcinia (G. Mangostana). The tree grows to the height of eighteen feet, and bears fruit also called mangosteen, of the size of a small apple, the pulp of which is very delicious food.