Meanings
plural guanabanas · alternative guanábana
- The soursop or custard apple.
For a plant whose preferred growing region is the temperate zone of North America, the pawpaw is an uncannily exotic-tasting delicacy, a far-flung cousin of the tropical soursop, or guanábana.
2023 September 29, Molly Fitzpatrick, “He’s the Pawpaw King of Brooklyn. (What’s a Pawpaw?)”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
nounlarge spiny tropical fruit with tart pulp related to custard apples
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Spanishguanábana
- Englishguanabana
Borrowed from Spanish guanábana, from Taíno.
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
guanabana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guanabana
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