ANNONA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Annona mean? 

• ANNONA (noun)
  The noun ANNONA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Annonaceae; tropical American trees or shrubs

  Familiarity information: ANNONA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANNONA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Annonaceae; tropical American trees or shrubs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Annona; genus Annona

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Annona"):

custard apple; custard apple tree (any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp)

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

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

 Context examples 

A common name for the tropical tree Annona muricata whose tissues contain annonaceous acetogenins, compounds with antineoplastic activity.

(Annona muricata, NCI Thesaurus)