mango

substantivo

1. 1

   Any of species Mangifera indica of tropical Asian fruit trees.

   On the hot days, he would lie in the shade of a mango and let little Eugenia clamber over his belly and tug at his beard.

2. 2

   Fruit of the mango tree.

   And I have one [bezoar] form'd round the Stone of that great Plum, which comes pickled from thence, and is called Mango.

3. 3

   A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing; a vegetable or fruit which has been mangoed.

   In Pennsylvania and western Maryland, mangoes were generally made with green bell peppers.

4. 4

   antiquadoA green bell pepper suitable for pickling.

   Mango peppers by the dozen, if owned by the careful housewife, would gladden the appetite or disposition of any epicure or scold.

   Best mango peppers

   Cut tops from mangoes; remove seeds.

   Finally, although both the South and North Midlands are not known for their tropical climate, that's where mangoes grow. These aren't the tropical fruit, though, but what are elsewhere called green peppers.

5. 5

   A type of muskmelon, Cucumis melo.

6. 6

   Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax.

7. 7

   A yellow-orange color, like that of mango flesh.

8. 8

   calãoThe breasts.

verbo

1. 1

   To stuff and pickle (a fruit).

   Although any melon may be used before it is quite ripe, yet there is a particular sort for this purpose, which the gardeners know, and should be mangoed soon after they are gathered.

   In an effort to reproduce the pickle, English cooks took to "mangoing" all sorts of substitutes, from cucumbers to unripe peaches. Americans, however, preferred baby musk melons, or, in areas where they did not grow well, bell peppers.

   For this cookbook, I made mangoed peppers that were not stuffed with cabbage, but stuffed with green and red tomatoes and onions.

Formas

plural

mangoes, mangos

pretérito

mangoed

particípio passado

mangoed

gerúndio

mangoing

3.ª pessoa do singular

mangoes