annonaceous
annonaceous adjective: of or pertaining to the soursop and other members of the Annonaceae family.
Adjective
annonaceous (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the soursop and other members of the Annonaceae family.
- The soursop fruit comes from an annonaceous plant.
- Those of the biriba attain a diameter of six or eight inches, and have been pronounced to be the finest annonaceous fruit of tropical America.1917 May, Vaughan MacCaughey, “The genus Annona in the Hawaiian islands”, in Torreya, a Monthly Journal of Botanical Notes and News, volume 17, number 5, page 76
Forms of annonaceous
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Origin of annonaceous
Annonaceae + -ous
Words that rhyme with annonaceous
- gracious
- sequacious
- tenacious
- vexatious
- hellacious
- herbaceous
- ostentatious
- rapacious
- sebaceous
- vinaceous
- vivacious
- -aceous
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- acanthaceous
- alsinaceous
- audacious
- capacious
- contumacious
- cretaceous
- fallacious
- farinaceous
- flirtatious
- inefficacious
- juglandaceous
- mendacious
- micaceous
- orchidaceous
- perspicacious
- pertinacious
- salacious
- saponaceous
- spacious
- strobilaceous
- veracious
- voracious
- Acacius
- acinaceous
- alliaceous
- amentaceous
- amylaceous
- apocynaceous
- argillaceous
- atramentaceous
- avenaceous
- bardacious
- bulbaceous
- camphoraceous
- camphrous
- carbonaceous
- cetaceous
- cucurbitaceous
- curvaceous
- dicacious
- edacious
- efficacious
- erinaceous
- fabaceous
- frumentaceous
- lamentacious
- lauraceous
- liliaceous
Questions about annonaceous
- What does annonaceous mean?
- Annonaceous means of or pertaining to the soursop and other members of the Annonaceae family.
- What part of speech is annonaceous?
- Annonaceous is an adjective.
Words near annonaceous in the dictionary
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