asimina

Asimina triloba

Meaning

Noun

  • The pawpaw (Asimina triloba), a fruit-bearing plant.

Origin

  • From an Algonquian word *assimin or *rassimin (the second element of which is -min, "berry, fruit"), via Cajun French assiminier.

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