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AVERRHOA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Averrhoa mean?
• AVERRHOA (noun)
The noun AVERRHOA has 1 sense:
1. trees native to East Indies having pinnate leaves: carambolas
Familiarity information: AVERRHOA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Trees native to East Indies having pinnate leaves: carambolas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Averrhoa; genus Averrhoa
Hypernyms ("Averrhoa" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Holonyms ("Averrhoa" is a member of...):
family Oxalidaceae; Oxalidaceae; wood-sorrel family (a family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous flowers)
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