annonaceous

English

Alternative forms

• anonaceous

Etymology

Annonaceae +‎ -ous

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

Adjective

annonaceous (not comparable)

1. (botany) Of or pertaining to the soursop and other members of the Annonaceae family.

   The soursop fruit comes from an annonaceous plant.

   • 1917 May, Vaughan MacCaughey, “The genus Annona in the Hawaiian islands”, in Torreya, a Monthly Journal of Botanical Notes and News, volume 17, number 5, page 76:

     Those of the biriba attain a diameter of six or eight inches, and have been pronounced to be the finest annonaceous fruit of tropical America.

Translations

pertaining to the Annonaceae family

• Portuguese: anonáceo