Otaheite apple

[So named from Otaheite, or Tahiti, one of the Society Islands.]

(a)

(Botany) The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree (Spondias dulcis), also called vi-apple. It is rather larger than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine, but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples.

(b)

(Botany) A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree (Jambosa Malaccensis) which bears crimson berries.