# mango

Pronunciation: say "MANG-goh" US /ˈmæŋɡoʊ/, UK /ˈmæŋɡəʊ/

## Noun

1. The sweet tropical fruit produced by the mango tree, with soft orange flesh around a single large pit.
   - Simple: A sweet, juicy tropical fruit with a single large flat seed inside.
   - _He peeled a ripe mango and ate it over the sink._
   - _The market stall was piled high with golden mangoes from the orchard._
2. A tropical Asian tree, Mangifera indica, cultivated for its sweet fruit.
   - Simple: A tall tropical tree that produces sweet mangoes.
   - _A mature mango can reach nearly a hundred feet tall in ideal conditions._
   - _Farmers graft young mango trees to bring them into fruit sooner._
3. A shade of orangey yellow resembling the flesh of a mango.
   - Simple: A warm yellow-orange shade, like the inside of a ripe mango.
   - _The designer paired deep teal with a vivid mango for contrast._
   - _Her scarf glowed a soft mango in the afternoon light._

## Verb

4. To stuff a fruit with a spicy filling and pickle it. *(rare)*
   - Simple: To stuff a fruit with spices and then pickle it.

## Noun

5. A bell pepper, especially a green one. *(dated, US)*
   - Simple: A bell pepper, usually a green one.

## Other meanings

- (noun) A fruit or vegetable that has been stuffed with a spicy filling and pickled.
- (noun) Any of several tropical hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax.
- (noun) A variety of muskmelon, the melon species Cucumis melo.
- (noun) A slang term for a woman's breasts.

## Origin

English got the word from Portuguese "manga," which came from Malayalam "māṅṅa" or Tamil "māṅkāy," possibly through Malay "mangga." Behind these lies Proto-South Dravidian *mām-kāy, meaning "unripe mango," formed from *mām ("mango tree") and *kāy ("unripe fruit"). English used it for the fruit by the 1580s and for the tree by the 1670s. Where the final -o comes from is uncertain.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/mango (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).