MANGO
What does "MANGO" mean?
A sweet juicy tropical fruit with a large flat stone and golden flesh.
Meanings
- The oval, fleshy tropical fruit of the mango tree, with sweet orange-yellow pulp around a large flat seed. She sliced a ripe mango over the morning yogurt.
- The evergreen tree (Mangifera indica) that bears this fruit. A huge mango shaded the entire courtyard.
Did you know?
- Mango is a cousin of poison ivy — both belong to the Anacardiaceae family, and the fruit's skin carries traces of urushiol, the same compound that gives poison ivy its rash.
- India has grown mangoes for more than 4,000 years and names it the national fruit; the tree even appears in ancient Hindu and Buddhist lore.
Word origin
From Portuguese 'manga', from Malay 'mangga', ultimately from Tamil 'mankay' ('man' tree + 'kay' fruit); brought to Europe by Portuguese traders in the 1500s.
Remember it
MANGO sounds like 'man, go!' — grab one off the tree before it drops.
A little poem
Gold splits to the stone-
juice down the wrist, the sweet proof
summer kept its word.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the fruit go to therapy? It had unresolved issues with its cousin — poison ivy never let the mango forget the family resemblance.
What it teaches
The sweetest things often share a family tree with the ones that sting.
Quick facts
What does MANGO mean?
A sweet juicy tropical fruit with a large flat stone and golden flesh.
Is MANGO a valid word?
Yes — MANGO is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MANGO?
MANGO has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does MANGO come from?
From Portuguese 'manga', from Malay 'mangga', ultimately from Tamil 'mankay' ('man' tree + 'kay' fruit); brought to Europe by Portuguese traders in the 1500s.
What can MANGO teach us?
The sweetest things often share a family tree with the ones that sting.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.