ANNONACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Annonaceae mean? 

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

1. chiefly tropical trees or shrubs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANNONACEAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chiefly tropical trees or shrubs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Annonaceae; custard-apple family; family Annonaceae

Hypernyms ("Annonaceae" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot family (family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Annonaceae"):

Annona; genus Annona (type genus of the Annonaceae; tropical American trees or shrubs)

Asimina; genus Asimina (pawpaw)

Cananga; Canangium; genus Cananga; genus Canangium (a genus of Malayan tree)

genus Oxandra; Oxandra (genus of tropical trees)

genus Xylopia; Xylopia (tropical evergreen trees or shrubs; chiefly African)

Holonyms ("Annonaceae" is a member of...):

order Ranales; order Ranunculales; Ranales; Ranunculales (herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae)

 Context examples 

Based on the diets and habits of mammals, scientists found that elephants are the best allies for the Thai Annonaceae tree to spread its seeds.

(Thai Elephants Help Spread Jungle Fruit's Seeds, Sadie Witkowski/VOA)