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Annonaceae

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n.1.a family of chiefly tropical trees or shrubs.
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Noun1.Annonaceae - chiefly tropical trees or shrubs
custard-apple family, family Annonaceae
magnoliid dicot family - family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
order Ranales, order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales - herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae
Annona, genus Annona - type genus of the Annonaceae; tropical American trees or shrubs
Asimina, genus Asimina - pawpaw
Cananga, Canangium, genus Cananga, genus Canangium - a genus of Malayan tree
genus Oxandra, Oxandra - genus of tropical trees
genus Xylopia, Xylopia - tropical evergreen trees or shrubs; chiefly African


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The plants are of the Annonaceae family, in particular Annona muricata, and contain substances (ie, quinolines, acetogenins, and rotenoids) that have been found to be neurotoxic.
Progressive supranuclear palsy: disease profile and rehabilitation ... by Di Fabio, Richard P. / Physical Therapy
All three belong to Annonaceae, a family of plants that harbor benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids.
Tropical fruits linked to parkinsonism by Seppa, N. / Science News
plant family Annonaceae Custardapple) that is adapted to temperate climates.
A passion for the pawpaw by Stevenson, Paul / American Forests
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