Etymology

Noun

1. A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica.
2. The fruit of the mango tree.
3. A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing.
   • 2004, Elizabeth E. Lea, William Woys Weaver, A Quaker Woman's Cookbook: The Domestic Cookery of Elizabeth Ellicott Lea, page 335

     In Pennsylvania and western Maryland, mangoes were generally made with green bell peppers.

4. A green bell pepper suitable for pickling
   • 1879, Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture, Agriculture of Pennsylvania, Page 222

     Mango peppers by the dozen, if owned by the careful housewife, would gladden the appetite or disposition of any epicure or scold.

   • 1896, Ohio State Board of Agriculture, Annual Report, Page 154

     Best mango peppers

   • 1. • 2000, Allan A. Metcalf, How We Talk: American Regional English Today, page 41

          Finally, although both the South and North Midlands are not known for their tropical climate, that's where mangoes grow. These aren't the tropical fruit, though, but what are elsewhere called green peppers.

     2. A type of muskmelon, Cucumis melo.
     3. Any of various hummingbirds of the genus Anthracothorax.