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Definition: Averrhoa

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Trees native to East Indies having pinnate leaves: carambolas.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Date "Averrhoa" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Common Expressions: Averrhoa

Expressions Definition
Averrhoa bilimbi East Indian evergreen tree bearing very acid fruit. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Averrhoa carambola East Indian tree bearing deeply ridged yellow-brown fruit. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Genus Averrhoa Trees native to East Indies having pinnate leaves: carambolas. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Specialty Expressions: Averrhoa

Expressions Domain Definition
Averrhoa bilimbi Botanical Fruits are edible (!). Flowers are made into preserves; fruit juice removes stains from linens. (references)

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Extended Definition: Averrhoa

Averrhoa

Averrhoa
Averrhoa bilimbi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Oxalidaceae
Genus: Averrhoa
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Species

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Averrhoa is a genus of trees in the Oxalidaceae family, of the Oxalidales order, named after Averroes - a 12th century astronomer and philosopher.

Species

The genus only comprises 2 species:

Note that the species Phyllanthus acida is also sometimes referred to as Averrhoa acida.

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Synonym: Averrhoa
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Expression

 genus Averrhoa.
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