annona family

annona family
the plant family Annonaceae, characterized by tropical trees and shrubs bearing simple alternate leaves, solitary or clustered dull-colored flowers, and edible fruit, and including the cherimoya, custard apple, and sweetsop.

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  • annona family — the plant family Annonaceae, characterized by tropical trees and shrubs bearing simple alternate leaves, solitary or clustered dull colored flowers, and edible fruit, and including the cherimoya, custard apple, and sweetsop …   Useful english dictionary

  • Annona — noun type genus of the Annonaceae; tropical American trees or shrubs • Syn: ↑genus Annona • Hypernyms: ↑magnoliid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Annonaceae, ↑family Annonaceae, ↑custard apple family …   Useful english dictionary

  • annona — /euh noh neuh/, n. any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Annona, native to tropical America, and grown for their edible fruits. Cf. annona family. [ < NL < AmerSp anona, anon, allegedly < Arawak (Hispaniola)] * * * …   Universalium

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  • Annona squamosa — taxobox image caption = Sugar apple regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Magnoliids ordo = Magnoliales familia = Annonaceae genus = Annona species = A. squamosa binomial = Annona squamosa binomial authority = L.cite… …   Wikipedia

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