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guanabana

guanabana noun: the soursop or custard apple.

Noun

guanabana (plural guanabanas)

  1. The soursop or custard apple.
    • For a plant whose preferred growing region is the temperate zone of North America, the pawpaw is an uncannily exotic-tasting delicacy, a far-flung cousin of the tropical soursop, or guanábana.2023 September 29, Molly Fitzpatrick, “He’s the Pawpaw King of Brooklyn. (What’s a Pawpaw?)”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of guanabana

pluralguanabanas
alternative formguanábana

Origin of guanabana

Borrowed from Spanish guanábana, from Taíno.

Questions about guanabana

What does guanabana mean?
Guanabana means the soursop or custard apple.
What part of speech is guanabana?
Guanabana is a noun.
What is the plural of guanabana?
The plural of guanabana is guanabanas.

Words near guanabana in the dictionary

  1. Guan Yin
  2. guan-
  3. guana
  4. Guana Island
  5. Guanabacoa
  6. guanabana
  7. guanabanas
  8. guanabano
  9. guanabanos
  10. Guanabara
  11. guanabenz

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