Library / English Dictionary

PERSEA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Avocado

Synonyms:

genus Persea; Persea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Persea"):

avocado; avocado tree; Persea Americana (tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits)

laurel-tree; Persea borbonia; red bay (small tree of southern United States having dark red heartwood)

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

family Lauraceae; Lauraceae; laurel family (a family of Lauraceae)

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