Meanings
plural soursops · alternative sour-sop
- A small tropical evergreen tree, Annona muricata.
- The tart, spiny, yellow-green fruit of this tree.
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 - alternativeAlternative form of soursob.
Synonyms & antonyms
tree, fruit
nounsmall tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit
nounlarge spiny tropical fruit with tart pulp related to custard apples
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan guanabaner, guanàbana
- guanabanertree
- guanàbanafruit
Chinese Mandarin 刺果番荔枝, 紅毛榴蓮 /红毛榴莲
- 刺果番荔枝 (cìguǒ fānlìzhī)tree
- 紅毛榴蓮 /红毛榴莲 (hóngmáo liúlián)tree
- 刺果番荔枝 (cìguǒfānlìzhī)fruit
- 羅李亮果 /罗李亮果 (luōlǐliàngguǒ)fruit
- 紅毛榴蓮 /红毛榴莲 (hóngmáo liúlián)fruit
Dutch zuurzak, zuurzakboom
- zuurzaktree
- zuurzakboomtree
- zuurzakfruit
- zuurzakvruchtfruit
Esperanto graviolo, moldorna anono
- graviolotree
- moldorna anonotree
- graviolofruit
- graviolberofruit
Finnish guanabana, oka-annoona
- guanabanatree
- oka-annoonatree
- oka-annoonafruit
- guanabanafruit
French corossolier, corossol
- corossoliertree
- corossolfruit
German Guanabana, Guanábana
- Guanabanatree
- Guanábanatree
- Sauersacktree
- Stachelannonetree
- Stachelannonefruit
Greek γουανάμπανα
- γουανάμπανα (gouanámpana)fruit
Hindi सीताफल
- सीताफल (sītāphal)fruit
Indonesian pohon sirsak, buah sirsak
- pohon sirsaktree
- buah sirsakfruit
- sirsakfruit
Italian graviola, guanabana
- graviolafruit
- guanabanafruit
Japanese サワーソップ, サワーソップ
- サワーソップ (sawāsoppu)tree
- サワーソップ (sawāsoppu)fruit
Korean 그라비올라
- 그라비올라 (geurabiolla)fruit
Malay durian belanda
- durian belandafruit
Portuguese graviola
- graviolafruit
Russian соуса́п, сауасе́п
- соуса́п (sousáp)tree
- сауасе́п (sauasép)tree
- смета́нное я́блоко (smetánnoje jábloko)tree
- анно́на колю́чая (annóna koljúčaja)tree
- саусе́п (sausép)tree
- ано́на (anóna)fruit
Spanish guanábano, yaca
- guanábanotree
- yacatree
- guanábanafruit
Swahili mstafeli, stafeli
- mstafelitree
- stafelifruit
Swedish taggannona
- taggannonatree
Tagalog guyabano, unaba
- guyabanotree
- unabatree
- guyabanofruit
- unabafruit
Thai ทุเรียนเทศ, ทุเรียนเทศ
- ทุเรียนเทศ (túrian tâyt)tree
- ทุเรียนเทศ (túrian tâyt)fruit
Vietnamese bình bát, nê
- bình bátfruit
- nêfruit
- mãng cầu Xiêmfruit
- mãng cầu gaifruit
- na Xiêmfruit
- na gaifruit
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with soursop
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
soursop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soursop
“soursop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soursop. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soursop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soursop.
Source: soursop on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.