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<jargon> /mang'go/ (Originally in-house jargon at Symbolics) A manager.
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(01 Mar 1995)
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Origin: Pg. Manga, fr. Tamil mankay.
1. The fruit of the mango tree. It is rather larger than an apple, and of an ovoid shape. Some varieties are fleshy and luscious, and others tough and tasting of turpentine. The green fruit is pickled for market.
2. A green muskmelon stuffed and pickled.
<zoology> Mango bird, a fish of the Ganges (Polynemus risua), highly esteemed for food. It has several long, slender filaments below the pectoral fins. It appears about the same time with the mango fruit, in April and May, whence the name.
<botany> Mango tree, an East Indian tree of the genus Mangifera (M. Indica), related to the cashew and the sumac. It grows to a large size, and produces the mango of commerce. It is now cultivated in tropical America.
(01 Mar 1998)
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