Meaning
A soft tropical fruit, cousin to the sweetsop and soursop, with knobby greenish-brown skin and creamy, sweet, custard-like pulp studded with dark seeds. Also called 'bullock's heart' for its shape, it is eaten ripe by scooping out the soft flesh with a spoon.
Examples
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Di custard apple soft an ready fi eat.
The custard apple is soft and ready to eat.
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Scoop out di custard apple wid a spoon.
Scoop out the custard apple with a spoon.
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It sweet like custard inna di custard apple.
It's sweet like custard inside the custard apple.
Origin
Named for its custard-like flesh; a relative of sweetsop and soursop (Annona reticulata). See [[sweetsop]], [[soursop]].
How it’s used
A soft creamy Annona fruit ('bullock's heart'); kin to sweetsop/soursop. See [[sweetsop]], [[soursop]].