sourdine

[Fr.] Music : (q. v.). sour-sauce, s. [SORREL (1).] sour-sop, s. 1. Ord. Lang.: A cro , sour, crabbed person. 2. Bot .: The fruit of Anona muricata and the tree itself. The latter grows in the West Indies, and is of small size, resembling the bay, with yellow flowers having an unpleasant smell. The fruit has a thin, yellowish-green skin, covered with weak prickles. The pulp is as white as milk, partly of a sweet, partly of a pleasantly acid taste.