Soursop

Definition: Soursop

Soursop

Noun

1. Small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit.

2. Large spiny tropical fruit with tart pulp related to custard apples.

Synonyms: Soursop

Synonyms: guanabana (n), prickly custard apple (n), soursop tree (n). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: soursop bush (food & agriculture, biology & biotechnology).

The soursop (Annona muricata) is a broadleaf flowering evergreen tree native to the South American country of Brazil. The plant is grown as a commercial crop for a prickly green 12-inch long fruit called a guanabana (Spanish, American English) or graviola (Portuguese). The flesh of the fruit consists of an edible white pulp and a core of undigestible black seeds. The sweet pulp is used to make juice, called spooge, as well as candies, sorbets and ice cream flavorings. Nutritionally, the fruit is high in carbohydrates because of its natural sugars. The fruit also contains significant levels of vitamin C, vitamin B1 and vitamin B2.

Crosswords: Soursop

English words defined with "soursop": Anona, Anonaceous. (references)

"Soursop" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Soursop" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	3	202,518

Expression using "soursop": soursop tree. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "soursop"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		Annona (soursop fruit). (various references)

Indonesian		sirsak. (various references)

Pig Latin		oursopsay

Russian		анона. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	ANNONA MURICATA. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "soursop": soursops. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "o-o-p-r-s-s-u"
	-1 letter: porous, prosos, sopors, spoors.
	-2 letters: pours, proso, pross, roups, sopor, sorus, soups, sours, spoor, spurs.
	-3 letters: oops, opus, ours, poor, pour, pros, purs, puss, roup, sops, soup, sour, sous, spur, sups.
	-4 letters: ops, ors, our, pro, pur, pus, sop, sos, sou, sup, upo, ups.
	-5 letters: op, or, os, so, up, us.
	Words containing the letters "o-o-p-r-s-s-u"
	+1 letter: saporous, soursops.
	+2 letters: sauropods, stuporous.
	+3 letters: aposporous, composures, phosphorus, poorhouses, porousness, proconsuls, profusions, prolusions, propositus, prosperous, rustproofs, supercools, uroscopies.
	+4 letters: aponeuroses, aponeurosis, homosporous, houseperson, isomorphous, neurosporas, nonsupports, outpromises, phosphorous, piscivorous, polyestrous, postulators, powerhouses, promiscuous, propulsions, prosciuttos, prosecutors, protrusions, pussyfooter, soundproofs, splendorous, sporogenous, superschool, supersmooth, suppository, tropopauses, uredospores.
	+5 letters: counterposes, discomposure, fluoroscopes, housepersons, microsporous, obstreperous, opportunisms, opportunists, parsimonious, phosphoruses, pittosporums, polioviruses, porousnesses, porterhouses, positroniums, postexposure, preconscious, preposterous, profoundness, prosauropods, prosecutions, prosperously, prostitutors, pseudomorphs, pussyfooters, saprophagous, soporiferous, sporulations, superschools, unprosperous, uprootedness, urediospores, vaporousness.
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