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ASIMINA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Asimina mean?
• ASIMINA (noun)
The noun ASIMINA has 1 sense:
1. pawpaw
Familiarity information: ASIMINA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pawpaw
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Asimina; genus Asimina
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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