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Asimina

noun

pawpaw

• Syn: ↑genus Asimina

• Hypernyms: ↑magnoliid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Annonaceae, ↑family Annonaceae, ↑custard-apple family

• Member Meronyms: ↑pawpaw, ↑papaw, ↑papaw tree, ↑Asimina triloba

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\\əˈsimənə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from American French assimine papaw, modification of Illinois rassimina, from rassi divided lengthwise into equal parts + mina seeds

: a small genus of eastern No. American shrubs and small trees (family Annonaceae) having aromatic alternate leaves and flowers with 3 to 15 stamens and carpels — see papaw

Useful english dictionary. 2012.