The tart, spiny, yellow-green fruit of this tree.
soursop
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for soursop.
Editorial note
The tropical Soursop has even more and nobody cares (tip: They should.
Quick take
The tart, spiny, yellow-green fruit of this tree.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of soursop gathered in one view.
A small tropical evergreen tree, Annona muricata.
Bermuda buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae), an edible wood sorrel native to South Africa
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for soursop.
noun
The tart, spiny, yellow-green fruit of this tree.
See also: guanabana, annona-muricata, soursop-tree
noun
A small tropical evergreen tree, Annona muricata.
See also: guanabana, annona-muricata, soursop-tree
noun
Bermuda buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae), an edible wood sorrel native to South Africa
See also: guanabana, annona-muricata, soursop-tree
noun
(by extension) any wood sorrel, especially when used as food
See also: guanabana, annona-muricata, soursop-tree
Example sentences
The tropical Soursop has even more and nobody cares (tip: They should.
But I wonder about the possibility of producing varieties of pawpaw (or soursop or other related Annonas) that don't produce annonacin.
Contradictorily, consumption of soursop fruit is correlated with the development of neurodegenerative disease (Parkinson disease), which is attributed to the presence of annonacin in the seeds.
The soursop case involved prolonged and daily intake, as well.
Maybe not helpful if you haven't had soursop.
Some examples are avocado, cherimoya, and soursop.
Guanabana is an Annonaceae also called soursop.
I'm not sure the medical evidence is in on pawpaw's, but soursop is responsible for high rates of atypical Parkinson's in areas where it's a staple.
Relatives such as the soursop are available year-round in tropical areas, but if you limit your intake to the pawpaw only, eating a handful when they are ripe each year probably won't hurt you.
There is plenty of fruits (Pawpaw, loquat, soursop come to mind) that are really not grown at-scale commercially in the US due to spoilage, easy to bruise, or other similar issues.
It's also a joy to wander around and discover new foods from all over the world - fresh lychee, frozen puffed tofu, salted puffed mung beans, and soursop juice are all things I only got to try because of H-Mart or Lotte.
Quote examples
(Survives -30 degrees) "It belongs to the genus Asimina in the same plant family (the Annonaceae) as the custard-apple, cherimoya, sweetsop, ylang-ylang and soursop."
Most of them recognizable easily by having a skin sculpted with "scaly" marks, or thorns like a pineapple: Sugar apple, soursop, sweetsop, Atemoya, also a genus in temperate areas, Asimina.
Proper noun examples
Annonaceae is the family of the Paw Paw, Cherimoya and Soursop.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use soursop in a sentence?
The tropical Soursop has even more and nobody cares (tip: They should.
What does soursop mean?
The tart, spiny, yellow-green fruit of this tree.
What part of speech is soursop?
soursop is commonly used as noun.