Unona

noun

Uno·​na

yəˈnōnə

: a genus of tropical Asiatic and African trees, shrubs, or woody vines (family Annonaceae) having flowers with flat spreading petals succeeded by an aggregate of stalked berries

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, alteration of Anona

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