Annona
- noun
- /əˈnoʊnə/
- Specialized
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Annona
- The cherimoya is a delicious fruit that comes from the annona tree.
Examples
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The annona plant thrives in warm, tropical climates and produces juicy fruits.
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Farmers are beginning to cultivate annona species for their unique flavors.
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Some scholars believe the annona only handled the grain distribution for the plebs.
Academic text (2009)
Compounds
- Specialized
A small tropical American tree that produces a large soft fruit with a sour taste
- Specialized
A small tropical tree that produces a rough, heart-shaped, sour fruit eaten as a custard apple
- Specialized
A small tropical tree that grows sweet, creamy, edible fruit called cherimoya
- Specialized
A small evergreen tree from tropical America with edible fruit often used for grafting
- Specialized
A tropical tree from Central America and southern United States that produces sweet whitish-pink fruit called ilama
Surface Forms
Etymology
Annona comes from a native Caribbean name for the 'custard-apple' fruit and was taken into Spanish as anona. So Annona is the scientific name for the tropical trees that produce those sweet fruits, like the soursop and cherimoya.
