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Define the word Custard apple

"Custard apple" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Custard \Cus"tard\ (k[u^]s"t[~e]rd), n. [Prob. the same word as
   OE. crustade, crustate, a pie made with a crust, fr. L.
   crustatus covered with a crust, p. p. of crustare, fr. crusta
   crust; cf. OF. croustade pasty, It. crostata, or F. coutarde.
   See Crust, and cf. Crustated.]
   A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled.
   [1913 Webster]

   Custard apple (Bot.), a low tree or shrub of tropical
      America, including several species of Anona (Anona squamosa, Anona reticulata, etc.), having a roundish or
      ovate fruit the size of a small orange, containing a soft,
      yellowish, edible pulp.

   Custard coffin, pastry, or crust, which covers or coffins a
      custard [Obs.] --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

"custard apple" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

custard apple
     n 1: any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with
          soft edible pulp [syn: custard apple tree]
     2: the fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the
        genus Annona having soft edible pulp