OTAHEITE APPLE

O′ta‐hei″te ap″ple (?). [[So named from Otaheite, or Tahiti, one of the Society Islands.]] (Bot.) (a) 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) A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree (Jambosa Malaccensis) which bears crimson berries.