The fruit of any tree of the genus Chrysophyllum; the tree itself (also star-apple tree).
The fruit is the size of a large apple, and when cut across shows ten cells forming a star-like figure.
1697. Dampier, Voy., I. 204. The Star Apple Tree grows much like the Quince Tree, but much bigger.
1725. Sloane, Jamaica, II. 170. Star Apple-Tree…. If the Fruit be cut athwart the Places where the Seeds were lodg’d will represent a Star.
1823. Sabine, Edible Fruits Sierra Leone, in Trans. Hort. Soc. (1824), V. 458. Long-leaved Star-Apple. Chrysophyllum macrophyllum. Ibid. Obovate-leaved Star Apple. Chrysophyllum obovatum.
1887. Standard, 16 Sept., 5/3. How many untravelled Britons have eaten … of the star-apple…?
