persea americana

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   tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits

   Synonymsavocadoavocado tree

   Broaderfruit tree

   Part ofPersea

   Partsavocado

Questions about persea americana

What does persea americana mean?

persea americana means "tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits".

What is another word for persea americana?

Close synonyms include avocado, avocado tree. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is persea americana a common word?

persea americana is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.