ANNONA MURICATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Annona muricata mean? 

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

1. small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANNONA MURICATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Annona muricata; prickly custard apple; soursop; soursop tree

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "Annona muricata"):

guanabana; soursop (large spiny tropical fruit with tart pulp related to custard apples)

 Context examples 

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

(Annona muricata, NCI Thesaurus)