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  • proper noun A taxonomic family within the order Magnoliales — the custard apples.

Etymologies

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Annona +‎ -aceae

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Examples

  • Pawpaw is the only member of the family Annonaceae that can hack it outside of the tropics.

    Pawpaw Adventure Part Two: Hoopla Sarah Lenz 2009

  • Pawpaw is the only member of the family Annonaceae that can hack it outside of the tropics.

    Archive 2009-10-01 Sarah Lenz 2009

  • The most abundant tree families are Annonaceae, Lecythidaceae, Myristicaceae, Leguminosae, and Sapotaceae.

    Solimões-Japurá moist forest 2008

  • The Annonaceae family, containing cherimoyas, soursops and custard apples, is another primordial cluster.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • Other canopy and understory tree families that are common include Burseraceae, Sapotaceae, Euphorbiacae, Rubiaceae, Annonaceae, Lauraceae, and Myristicaceae.

    Sumatran lowland rain forests 2008

  • This layer includes many species from the Euphorbiaceae, Rubiaceae, Annonaceae, Lauraceae, and Myristicaceae families.

    Peninsular Malaysian rain forests 2008

  • Over 100 Gondwanan species are found on the Cape York Peninsula, including members of the primitive angiosperm families Annonaceae and Lauraceae, as well as orchids of the Arthochilus, Corybas, and Calochilus genera, and members of the Araucariaceae and Podocarpaceae families.

    Cape York tropical savanna 2008

  • The Annonaceae family, containing cherimoyas, soursops and custard apples, is another primordial cluster.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • This layer includes many species from the Euphorbiaceae, Rubiaceae, Annonaceae, Lauraceae, and Myristicaceae families.

    Borneo lowland rain forests 2008

  • The most important families (in terms of number of species) are Annonaceae, Leguminosae, Euphorbiaceae, Rubiaceae and Sterculiaceae.

    Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests 2008

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