Definition of Asimina

1. Noun. Pawpaw.

Exact synonyms: Genus Asimina
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Annonaceae, Custard-apple Family, Family Annonaceae
Member holonyms: Asimina Triloba, Papaw, Papaw Tree, Pawpaw

Lexicographical Neighbors of Asimina

Asiatic buffalo
Asiatic cholera
Asiatic cockroach
Asiatic flu
Asiatic flying squirrel
Asiatic schistosomiasis
Asiatic shrew mole
Asiatic sweetleaf
Asiatic wildcat
Asiatic wildcats
Asiaticism
Asiaticisms
Asiatics
Asif
Asilidae
Asimina (current term)
Asimina triloba
Asimov
Asimovian
Asin
Asio
Asio otus
Ask-Upmark
Askanazy
Askanazy cell
Aslan
Asman
Asmara
Asmera
Asmodæus

Literary usage of Asimina

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1905)
"Asimina triloba Asimina. a rusty down, soon glabrous. The leaves are thin, smooth., entire, ovate-oblong, acuminate, 8 to 12 inches long, by 3 or 4 broad, ..."

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