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ASIMINA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Pawpaw

Synonyms:

Asimina; genus Asimina

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Asimina" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Asimina"):

Asimina triloba; papaw; papaw tree; pawpaw (small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit)

Holonyms ("Asimina" is a member of...):

Annonaceae; custard-apple family; family Annonaceae (chiefly tropical trees or shrubs)

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