Definition of "mangostin" []

• A tasteless golden-colored compound, C20H22O5, contained in the husk of the fruit of Garcinia mangostana from India. It crystallizes in thin plates melting at 190° C. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "All the hardy seeds, such as creepers, retain their germinating power, but the softer kinds, among which is the mangostin, are destroyed in the passage."
• "To this the tree replied through the mouth of another man who had climbed a mangostin-tree hard by (the durian-tree being unclimbable), "Yes, I will now bear fruit; I beg of you not to fell me.""
• "” To this the tree replied through the mouth of another man who had climbed a mangostin-tree hard by (the durian-tree being unclimbable), “Yes, I will now bear fruit; I beg of you not to fell me."