asimina

See also: Asimina

English

Asimina triloba

Wikispecies

Wikispecies

Etymology

From an (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  word *assimin or *rassimin (the second element of which is -min, "berry, fruit"), via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Cajun French assiminier.

Noun

asimina (plural asiminas)

1. (US, dated) The pawpaw (Asimina triloba), a fruit-bearing plant.
   • 1838, John Claudius Loudon, Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum; or, The trees and shrubs of Britain, volume 1, page 79:

     […] but it still contains an excellent collection, some fine specimens of magnolias, asiminas, crataegusus, […] and other foreign trees and shrubs, and is conducted with the greatest liberality.

   • 1911, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Sketch of the evolution of our native fruits, page 443:

     Of the asiminas, or so-called pawpaws, — which are also anonaceous plants, — there are several species in the United States.