Meanings
nounsugar apple (plural sugar apples)
plural sugar apples · alternative sugar-apple
- Sweetsop, Annona squamosa, a West Indian tree or its fruit.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic قِشْطَة صَدَفِيّة
- قِشْطَة صَدَفِيّةsweetsop
Bengali আতা
- আতা (ata)sweetsop
Bulgarian захарна ябълка
- захарна ябълка (zaharna jabălka)sweetsop
Catalan ata
- atasweetsop
Central Thai น้อยหน่า
- น้อยหน่า (nɔ́ɔi-nàa)sweetsop
Chinese Cantonese 番鬼荔枝, 番鬼佬荔枝
- 番鬼荔枝 (faan¹ gwai² lai⁶ zi¹)sweetsop
- 番鬼佬荔枝 (faan¹ gwai² lou² lai⁶ zi¹)sweetsop
Chinese Mandarin 番荔枝, 釋迦果 /释迦果
- 番荔枝 (fānlìzhī)sweetsop
- 釋迦果 /释迦果 (shìjiāguǒ)sweetsop
- 釋迦 /释迦 (shìjiā)sweetsop
Danish sukkeræble
- sukkeræblesweetsop
Dutch suikerappel, zoetzak
- suikerappelsweetsop
- zoetzaksweetsop
- kaneelappelsweetsop
- schubappelsweetsop
Esperanto sukerpomo
- sukerpomosweetsop
Finnish sokeriannoona, kermaomena
- sokeriannoonasweetsop
- kermaomenasweetsop
French atte, pomme cannelle
- attesweetsop
- pomme cannellesweetsop
German Zimtapfel, Rahmapfel
- Zimtapfelsweetsop
- Rahmapfelsweetsop
- Süßsacksweetsop
Hindi सीताफल, शरीफ़ा
- सीताफल (sītāphal)sweetsop
- शरीफ़ा (śarīfā)sweetsop
Indonesian buah nona, buah srikaya
- buah nonasweetsop
- buah srikayasweetsop
- srikayasweetsop
Italian mela cannella
- mela cannellasweetsop
Japanese 蕃茘枝
- 蕃茘枝 (banreishi)sweetsop
Korean 석가두, 석가
- 석가두sweetsop
- 석가sweetsop
- 커스터드 애플 (keo-seu-teo-deu ae-peul, "custard apple")sweetsop
Malay nona
- nonasweetsop
Portuguese fruta-do-conde, pinha
- fruta-do-condesweetsop
- pinhasweetsop
- atasweetsop
Russian са́харное я́блоко, ано́на
- са́харное я́блоко (sáxarnoje jábloko)sweetsop
- ано́на (anóna)sweetsop
Spanish anona, riñón
- anonasweetsop
- riñónsweetsop
- saramuyosweetsop
- anónsweetsop
Swahili mtopetope
- mtopetopesweetsop
Swedish sockerannona
- sockerannonasweetsop
Tagalog atis
- atissweetsop
Tamil சீதா, சீதாப்பழம்
- சீதா (cītā)sweetsop
- சீதாப்பழம் (cītāppaḻam)sweetsop
Urdu شریفہ
- شریفہ (sharifa)sweetsop
Vietnamese na, mãng cầu
- nasweetsop
- mãng cầusweetsop
- mãng cầu tasweetsop
- mãng cầu daisweetsop
Cite this entry
APA
sugar apple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20apple
MLA
“sugar apple.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20apple. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sugar apple,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20apple.
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