rose apple

noun

Angophora costata, a common woodland and forest tree of Eastern Australia.

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rose-apple treejambosaEugenia jambosSyzygium jambos
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Meanings

nounrose apple (plural rose apples)

plural rose apples

  1. Angophora costata, a common woodland and forest tree of Eastern Australia.
  2. Any of various Syzygium species or their fruit, especially:
    1. Syzygium aqueum, the watery rose apple.
    2. Syzygium jambos, the jambu fruit.
    3. Syzygium malaccense, the Malay rose apple.
    4. Syzygium samarangense, the Semarang rose-apple or wax jambu.

Synonyms & antonyms

nountropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit

Similar
rose-apple treejambosaEugenia jambosSyzygium jambos
Broader
fruit tree
Also see
malay apple

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian розова ябълка
  • розова ябълка (rozova jabălka)Syzygium
Chinese Mandarin 悉尼紅樹膠 /悉尼红树胶, 蒲桃
  • 悉尼紅樹膠 /悉尼红树胶 (Xīní hóngshùjiāo)Angophora costata
  • 蒲桃 (pútáo)Syzygium
Dutch pommeroos, djamboe mawar
  • pommeroosSyzygium jambos
  • djamboe mawarSyzygium jambos
Finnish jambolaani
  • jambolaaniSyzygium
Japanese フトモモ
  • フトモモ (futomomo)Syzygium
Portuguese jambo
  • jamboSyzygium
Spanish pomarrosa, manzana de agua
  • pomarrosaSyzygium
  • manzana de aguaSyzygium
Swahili darabi
  • darabiSyzygium
Thai ชมพู่
  • ชมพู่ (chom-pûu)Syzygium
Vietnamese lý
  • lýSyzygium
Cite this entry
APA

rose apple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rose%20apple

MLA

“rose apple.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rose%20apple. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rose apple,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rose%20apple.

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