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Definition of Annona

1. Noun. Type genus of the Annonaceae; tropical American trees or shrubs.

Definition of Annona

1. Proper noun. A settlement in Red River County, Texas. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Annona

1. a tropical tree [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Annona

Literary usage of Annona

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

1. Contributions to Latin Lexicography by Henry Nettleship (1889)
"24 vilis amicorum est annona, bonis ubi quid deest (a supply of friends is easily ... 484 cena hac annona est sine sacris hereditas; Varro raffi Mf«Wou 11 ..."

2. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"The name Annona was given to this genus by ... HE hardy species of the genus Annona are chiefly confined to the United States, and vary in height from two ..."

3. The Domesday Inquest by Adolphus Ballard (1906)
"At Benson the church-shot was I is., and the annona of one year was £30; at Headington ... 6d., and the annona was ,£8. And in the same way as the annona at ..."

4. Beatrice D'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497: A Study of the Renaissance by Mrs. Julia Mary Cartwright Ady (1903)
"... Asti—The Neapolitan fleet sent against Genoa—The forces of Naples repulsed at Rapallo—Charles VIII. at Asti—Beatrice d'Este entertains him at Annona—The ..."

5. Beatrice D'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497: A Study of the Renaissance by Julia Mary Cartwright Ady (1920)
"... Asti—The Neapolitan fleet sent against Genoa—The forces of Naples repulsed at Rapallo—Charles VIII. at Asti—Beatrice d'Este entertains him at Annona—The ..."

6. The Numismatic Circularby Spink & Son by Spink & Son (1908)
"Although Annona has a certain and even great analogy with Abundantia — for ... It will be easily understood from this how Annona (being the sustenance for ..."

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