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PERSEA
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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
Sense 1
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)
Context examples
The oil extracted from the fruits of Persea americana.
(Avocado Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
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