Definition of Persea americana

1. Noun. Tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits.

Exact synonyms: Avocado, Avocado Tree
Terms within: Aguacate, Alligator Pear, Avocado, Avocado Pear
Group relationships: Genus Persea, Persea
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Persea Americana

Peronist
Peronists
Peronospora
Peronospora destructor
Peronospora hyoscyami
Peronospora tabacina
Peronosporaceae
Peronosporales
Perpendicular
Perpignan
Perrot
Perry
Perry Mason
Perry Mason moment
Persea
Persea Americana
Persea borbonia
Persean
Perseans
Perseid
Perseids
Persephone
Persepolis
Perseus
Pershing
Persia
Persian
Persian Empire
Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf War

Literary usage of Persea americana

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

1. Plant Inventory by Agricultural Research Center-West (U.S.), United States Division of Botany, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Agricultural Research Service, United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States, United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Northeastern Regi (1922)
"(persea americana MILL.; SPI NO. 53185.) In the remote Andes of northern Ecuador lies a small region known as the Chota Valley. ..."

2. Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits: Excluding the Banana, Coconut by Wilson Popenoe (1920)
"The avocados cultivated in the United States usually have been considered to represent a single species, persea americana, but careful study shows that they ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"Such determinations as Mr. Popenoe and I have been able to make on the sap of the varieties of avocado (persea americana) which have been introduced into ..."

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