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GENUS PERSEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Persea mean? 

GENUS PERSEA (noun)
  The noun GENUS PERSEA has 1 sense:

1. avocadoplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS PERSEA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS PERSEA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Avocado

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Persea; Persea

Hypernyms ("genus 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 "genus 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 ("genus Persea" is a member of...):

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


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