Definition of Ilama

1. Noun. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.


2. Noun. Whitish tropical fruit with a pinkish tinge related to custard apples; grown in the southern United States.
Generic synonyms: Custard Apple
Group relationships: Annona Diversifolia, Ilama Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ilama

ikebanas
ikey
ikkat
ikkats
ikon
ikonic
ikons
ikota
ikra
ikranite
ikunolite
il-
il. col.
ilala
ilalas
ilama (current term)
ilama tree
iland
ilang-ilang
ilang-ilangs
ilarvirus
ile
ilea
ileac
ileadelphus
ileal
ileal arteries
ileal artery
ileal bladder
ileal conduit

Literary usage of Ilama

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

1. Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits: Excluding the Banana, Coconut by Wilson Popenoe (1920)
"There are as yet no named varieties in cultivation. THE ilama (Fig. 27) (Annona diversifolia, Safford) The ilama is probably the finest ..."

2. Dictionary and Grammar of the Language of Saʻa and Ulawa, Solomon Islands by Walter George Ivens (1918)
"... to dwell in safety. dä'ilama U., v., to be in peace, п., peace, dä'ilama'a adj., peaceful. dä'ilama'asi v. tr., to be at peace; e dä'ila- ma'asira, ..."

3. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay by Asiatic Society of Bombay (1876)
"The topography of Ekbatana, nowadays ilama(iamm, will occupy a prominent place ... carried oim at ilama(ian Will ..."

4. The Israel of the Alps: A Complete History of the Waldenses of Piedmont and by Alexis Muston (1866)
"... and the other at Champ-la-ilama. Thus they covered the entrance to the Pra-du-Tour on the one side, and the road to Le Villar on the other. ..."

5. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America by Seismological Society of America (1917)
"On right is wall of concrete building which was not seriously ilama^cd. Xe.native taken April 25, 1918, by S. I). ..."

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