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PERSEA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Persea mean?

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

1. avocado

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

Dictionary entry details

• PERSEA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Avocado

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Persea; Persea

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

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

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