custard-apple family

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1.custard-apple family - chiefly tropical trees or shrubs Annonaceae, family Annonaceaemagnoliid dicot family - family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiospermsorder Ranales, order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales - herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; CercidiphyllaceaeAnnona, genus Annona - type genus of the Annonaceae; tropical American trees or shrubsAsimina, genus Asimina - pawpawCananga, Canangium, genus Cananga, genus Canangium - a genus of Malayan treegenus Oxandra, Oxandra - genus of tropical treesgenus Xylopia, Xylopia - tropical evergreen trees or shrubs; chiefly African