soncoya

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noun

A Central American tropical fruit related to the cherimoya, Annona purpurea

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounsoncoya (plural soncoyas)

plural soncoyas

  1. A Central American tropical fruit related to the cherimoya, Annona purpurea
    1 more example

    Subsequently Mr. Wercklé forwarded hook-pointed fruits to the United States Department of Agriculture, stating that in his opinion the two forms are variations of the same species, and in a letter dated July 15, 1913, he writes: "There is absolutely no difference in the flowers and the leaves between the soncoyas. […]"

    1914, William Edwin Safford, Classification of the Genus Annona with Descriptions of New and Imperfectly Known Species
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