cherimoya in English

noun
1
a tropical American fruit with a flavor like pineapple and scaly green skin.
In the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade attachment, combine the cherimoya , lime juice, and panela and purée until smooth and the sugar is dissolved, about 45 seconds.
2
the small tree which bears the cherimoya fruit, native to the Andes of Peru and Ecuador.

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1. The resulting fruits were of superior quality to the sugar-apple and were given the name "atemoya", a combination of ate, an old Mexican name for sugar-apple, and "moya" from cherimoya.