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asimina

asimina noun: the pawpaw (Asimina triloba), a fruit-bearing plant.

asimina: the pawpaw (Asimina triloba), a fruit-bearing plant
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Noun

asimina (plural asiminas)

  1. (US, dated) The pawpaw (Asimina triloba), a fruit-bearing plant.
    • […] but it still contains an excellent collection, some fine specimens of magnolias, asiminas, crataegusus, […] and other foreign trees and shrubs, and is conducted with the greatest liberality.1838, John Claudius Loudon, Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum; or, The trees and shrubs of Britain, volume 1, page 79
    • Of the asiminas, or so-called pawpaws, — which are also anonaceous plants, — there are several species in the United States.1911, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Sketch of the evolution of our native fruits, page 443

Forms of asimina

pluralasiminas

Origin of asimina

From an Algonquian word *assimin or *rassimin (the second element of which is -min, "berry, fruit"), via Cajun French assiminier.

Questions about asimina

What does asimina mean?
Asimina means the pawpaw (Asimina triloba), a fruit-bearing plant.
What part of speech is asimina?
Asimina is a noun.
What is the plural of asimina?
The plural of asimina is asiminas.

Words near asimina in the dictionary

  1. asilid
  2. asilids
  3. asilomorph
  4. asilomorphs
  5. asimadoline
  6. asimina
  7. asiminas
  8. asimmer
  9. Asimoff
  10. Asimov
  11. Asimova

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