alligator apple

== English == === Etymology === From the fact that American alligators sometimes eat the fruit. === Noun === alligator apple (countable and uncountable, plural alligator apples) A tropical fruit tree, of species Annona glabra, that grows in swamps in the tropical Americas and West Africa. Synonyms: pond apple, swamp apple, corkwood, bobwood, monkey apple Fruit of Annona glabra, oblong to spherical and roughly apple-sized. ==== Translations ====