achras
noun
ach·ras
ˈa-krəs,
-ˌkras
1
capitalized : a monotypic genus of tropical American trees (family Sapotaceae) having papery leaves and small white flowers followed by a large one-seeded fruit
2
: sapodilla
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin, a wild pear tree (probably Pyrus amygdaliformis), from Greek; akin to Albanian dardhe pear tree
First Known Use
1760, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- interlacing arches
- interlacustrine
- interlaid
- Interlaken
- interlamellar
- interlamellation
- interlaminar
- interlaminate
- interlaminated
- interlaminates
- interlaminating
- interlamination
- interlaminations
- interlanguage
- interlanguages
- interlap
- interlapped
- interlapping
- interlaps
- interlard
- interlarded
- interlarding
- interlards
- interlay
- interlayer