anonaceousadj.
Bot.
Of or pertaining to the pine-apple, and the family Anonaceæ, to which it belongs.
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anonaceous1852
1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. I. vi. 213 Among anonaceous plants.
1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons I. vii. 318 Fruit-trees, some, belonging to the Anonaceous order, yielding delicious fruits large as a child's head, and full of custardy pulp.
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