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Averrhoa

 
WordNet: Averrhoa
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: trees native to East Indies having pinnate leaves: carambolas
  Synonym: genus Averrhoa


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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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