Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the Philippine Islands, the kamagon, Diospyros discolor, which bears an edible fruit covered with down. Also called
talang . Seekamagon .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A kind of persimmon tree (
Diospyros discolor ) from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies. It bears an edible fruit as large as a quince.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A kind of
persimmon tree (Diospyrosdiscolor ) from thePhilippine Islands , now introduced into theEast andWest Indies . - noun The edible
fruit of this tree.
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Examples
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After the guachinango had buried the devil, he went to the mabolo-tree and took the money.
Filipino Popular Tales Dean Spruill Fansler
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Its fruit is the mabolo, or date-plum. kasamá: Tenants on the land of another, to whom they render payment in produce or by certain specified services. kogon: A tall, rank grass used for thatch. kris: A Moro dagger or short sword with a serpentine blade. kundíman: A native song. kupang: A large tree of the Mimosa family. kuriput: Miser, "skinflint." lanson: The langsa, a delicious cream-colored fruit about the size of a plum.
The Social Cancer Jos�� Rizal 1878
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They are the same group of people who sponsored a channel in skycable where I have my love at first sight at you! haha my friend told me that you are visiting cebu every first monday of the month, at the mabolo church … be sure to prepare ice cream and spaghetti Bro Bo haha! and please meet me there,
BoSanchez.ph 2008
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They are the same group of people who sponsored a channel in skycable where I have my love at first sight at you! haha my friend told me that you are visiting cebu every first monday of the month, at the mabolo church … be sure to prepare ice cream and spaghetti Bro Bo haha! and please meet me there,
BoSanchez.ph 2008
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They are the same group of people who sponsored a channel in skycable where I have my love at first sight at you! haha my friend told me that you are visiting cebu every first monday of the month, at the mabolo church … be sure to prepare ice cream and spaghetti Bro Bo haha! and please meet me there,
BoSanchez.ph 2008
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"Dig the ground near the stump of that mabolo-tree.
Filipino Popular Tales Dean Spruill Fansler
bilby commented on the word mabolo
See also velvet apple.
June 15, 2009