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1: Frutto detto maimaom1; questo frutto e una specie di fico grande e nella forma d’una grossa mela cotognia e del medemo colore e molto bono e fresco 2: sono i suoi frutti; e li da t[u]tto l’anno producendone sempre de novi 

1: Fruit called mamão [i.e. papaya], this fruit is a type of large fig in the shape of a large quince and of the same color and very good and fresh 2: these are its fruits; it grows them all year, always producing some new ones 

  • 1. From Portuguese, mamão: papaya [Carica papaya].
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