Translingual

Proper noun

Asimina f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Annonaceae – pawpaw.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, magnoliids - clades; Magnoliales - order; Annonaceae - family

English

Asimina triloba

Wikispecies

Wikispecies

Noun

asimina ‎(plural asiminas)

1. (US, dated) The pawpaw (Asimina triloba), a fruit-bearing plant.
   • 1838, John Claudius Loudon, Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum; or, The trees and shrubs of Britain, volume 1, page 79:

     […] but it still contains an excellent collection, some fine specimens of magnolias, asiminas, crataegusus, […] and other foreign trees and shrubs, and is conducted with the greatest liberality.

   • 1911, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Sketch of the evolution of our native fruits, page 443:

     Of the asiminas, or so-called pawpaws, — which are also anonaceous plants, — there are several species in the United States.

References

1. ↑ 1902, Journal of American Folklore, volume 15