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mango (n.)

1580s, "fruit of the mango-tree," which is extensively cultivated in India and other tropical countries, from Portuguese manga, from Malay (Austronesian) mangga and Tamil (Dravidian) mankay, from man "mango tree" + kay "fruit." Mango trees were brought from Timor to British gardens in Jamaica and St. Vincent 1793 by Capt. Bligh on his second voyage. Of the tree itself, by 1670s.

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Definitions of mango from WordNet

mango (n.)
large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit;
Synonyms: mango tree / Mangifera indica
mango (n.)
large oval tropical fruit having smooth skin, juicy aromatic pulp, and a large hairy seed;
From wordnet.princeton.edu