sea apple

plural sea apples · alternative sea-apple

1. A round, colourful sea cucumber of the genera Paracucumaria and Paracolochirus, found primarily in Indo-Pacific waters.
2. obsoleteA sea urchin.
3. The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria plukenetii ⇒ ) Manicaria saccifera, often found floating in the sea.

   Sea-apple: Manicaria Pluketielii.

   1864, August Grisebach, Flora of the British West Indian Islands

4. A troolie palm; any member of the species Syzygium grande of trees, that can reach 30 m, found along the coastal mountains of Southeast Asia or its fruit.