cherimoya

Borrowed from Spanish chirimoya, from Quechua chirimuya.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛɹɪˈmɔɪ.ə/

cherimoya (plural cherimoyas)

1. A subtropical tree, Annona cherimola, native to mountainous areas of South America.
2. A conical fruit with white flesh from that tree.
   • 1985 February 2, Marian Burros, “Cherimoya: Exotic and Costly Treat From West”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     To some it tastes like a pina colada without rum; to others, a cross between a strawberry and a pineapple. For natives of the Caribbean the cherimoya is a fruit that can be plucked from backyard trees for nothing.

   • 1994 January 12, David Karp, “Once Considered Exotic, Some Fruits Become Family”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Mark Twain called the cherimoya “deliciousness itself,” though others have described this heart-shaped, fist-sized fruit with pale-green leathery skin as “reptilian,” like a “fossil artichoke” or “the finial for a giant four-poster bed.”

• custard apple
• Jamaican apple

• cherimoya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Annona cherimola on Wikispecies.Wikispecies