soncoya
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[edit]Noun
[edit]soncoya (plural soncoyas)
- A Central American tropical fruit related to the cherimoya, Annona purpurea
- 1914, William Edwin Safford, Classification of the Genus Annona with Descriptions of New and Imperfectly Known Species:
- Subsequently Mr. Wercklé forwarded hook-pointed fruits to the United States Department of Agriculture, stating that in his opinion the two forms are variations of the same species, and in a letter dated July 15, 1913, he writes: "There is absolutely no difference in the flowers and the leaves between the soncoyas. […] "