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MANGO . The mango-See also:

TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree (Mangifera indica, natural See also:

order Anacardiaceae) is a native of tropical See also:

ASIA

Asia, but is now extensively cultivated in the tropical and subtropical regions of the New as well as the Old See also:

WORLD

World. It is indigenous in See also:

India at the See also:

BASE

base of the Himalayas, and in Further India and the Andaman Islands (see A. de See also:

CANDOLLE, AUGUSTIN PYRAME DE (1778—1841)

Candolle, Origin of Cultivated See also:

PLANTS

Plants). The cultivation of the See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit must have spread at an See also:

early See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age over the See also:

INDIAN

Indian See also:

Peninsula, and it now grows 'everywhere in the plains. It grows rapidly to a height of 30 to 40 ft., and its dense, spreading and glossy foliage would secure its cultivation for the See also:

SAKE

sake of its shade and beauty alone. Its fruit, a drupe, though in the See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild variety (not to be confused with that of Spondias mangifera, belonging to the same order, also called wild mango in India) stringy and sour, from its containing much gallic See also:

ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid, and with a disagreeable flavour of See also:

TURPENTINE (in M. Eng. turbentine, adapted through the O. Fr. turbentine or terebentine from Lat. terebinthina, sc. resina, resin of the terebinth, Gr. eepiOtvOos or eippavOos)

turpentine, has become sweet and luscious through culture and selection, to which we owe many varieties, differing not only in flavour but also in See also:

SIZE

size, from that of a See also:

PLUM

plum to that of an See also:

APPLE (a common Teut. word, A.S. aepl, aeppel, O.H.G. aphul, aphal, apfal, mod. Ger. Apfel)

apple. When unripe, they are used to make pickles, tarts and preserves; ripe, they See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form a wholesome and very agreeable dessert. In times of scarcity the kernels also are eaten. The See also:

TIMBER

timber, although soft and liable to decay, serves for See also:

COMMON

common purposes, and, mixed with See also:

SANDAL (from the Latinized form of Gr. vavb4Atov or vav&aAov: this probably represents the Persian sandal, slipper; it is not to be referred to Gr. stasis, board)

sandal-See also:

wood, is employed in See also:

CREMATION (Lat. cremare, to burn)

cremation by the See also:

HINDUS

Hindus. It is usually propagated by grafts, or by layering or inarching, rather than by See also:

SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed. See G. See also:

WATT, JAMES (1736-1819)

Watt, See also:

DICTIONARY

Dictionary of the Economic Products of India (1891).

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