Asimina
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Asimina is a noun meaning (US, dated) The pawpaw (Asimina triloba), a fruit-bearing plant.
Meaning
(US, dated) The pawpaw (Asimina triloba), a fruit-bearing plant.
Example Sentences
Of the asiminas, or so-called pawpaws, — which are also anonaceous plants, — there are several species in the United States.
[…] but it still contains an excellent collection, some fine specimens of magnolias, asiminas, crataegusus, […] and other foreign trees and shrubs, and is conducted with the greatest liberality.
Word Forms
- asiminas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pawpaw, paw-paw, papaw, mamey, pappaw, soapberry.
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