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CHERIMOYA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large tropical fruit with leathery skin and soft pulp; related to custard apples

Synonyms:

cherimolla; cherimoya

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("cherimoya" is a kind of...):

custard apple (the fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulp)

Holonyms ("cherimoya" is a part of...):

Annona cherimola; cherimoya; cherimoya tree (small tropical American tree bearing round or oblong fruit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small tropical American tree bearing round or oblong fruit

Synonyms:

Annona cherimola; cherimoya; cherimoya tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cherimoya" is a kind of...):

custard apple; custard apple tree (any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp)

Meronyms (parts of "cherimoya"):

cherimolla; cherimoya (large tropical fruit with leathery skin and soft pulp; related to custard apples)

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