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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit [syn: soursop, prickly custard apple, soursop tree, Annona muricata]
2: large spiny tropical fruit with tart pulp related to custard apples [syn: soursop, guanabana]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1667 a small tropical American tree (Annona muricata) of the custard-apple family that has spicy odoriferous leaves; also its large edible fruit that has fleshy spines and a slightly acid fibrous pulp

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a W. Indian evergreen tree, Annona muricata. 2 the large succulent fruit of this tree.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Soursop Sour"sop`, n. (Bot.) The large succulent and slightly acid fruit of a small tree (Anona muricata) of the West Indies; also, the tree itself. It is closely allied to the custard apple.