HyperDic: genus_persea

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Persea:
NOUNplantgenus Persea, Perseaavocado
English > genus Persea: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningavocado.
SynonymPersea
Member ofLauraceae, family Lauraceae, laurel familyA family of Lauraceae
Membersavocado, avocado tree, Persea AmericanaTropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits
laurel-tree, red bay, Persea borboniasmall tree of southern United States having dark red heartwood
Broadermagnoliid dicot genusgenus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
Spanishaguacate, género persea, genus persea, persea
Catalangenus persea, persea

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