Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of apetalous trees and shrubs of the order Laurineæ (Lauraceæ), the laurel family, type of the tribe Perseaceæ, and characterized by the four-celled anthers, nine perfect stamens, and calyx either somewhat closely persistent under the fruit or entirely deciduous.
- noun [lowercase] A plant of the genus Persea.
- noun An unidentified tree, probably the peach-tree, sacred in ancient Egypt. See
Persea (in etymology), and cut at Avocado.
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- noun avocado
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Examples
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Hoja de aguacate (avocado leaf) persea americana: Both fresh and dried avocado leaves, with thier licorace-like aroma, are used to season mixiotes, soups, chicken and fish dishes, and beans.
A Culinary Guide to Mexican Herbs: Las Hierbas de Cocina 2006
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Hoja de aguacate (avocado leaf) persea americana: Both fresh and dried avocado leaves, with thier licorace-like aroma, are used to season mixiotes, soups, chicken and fish dishes, and beans.
A Culinary Guide to Mexican Herbs: Las Hierbas de Cocina 2006
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Hoja de aguacate (avocado leaf) persea americana: Both fresh and dried avocado leaves, with thier licorace-like aroma, are used to season mixiotes, soups, chicken and fish dishes, and beans.
A Culinary Guide to Mexican Herbs: Las Hierbas de Cocina 2006
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Evidently, the mastodons were not the only ones with a taste for the velvety flesh of persea americana, because by 6,000 BC the inhabitants of Tehuacan were cultivating the fruit, resulting in a larger size and an oval, rather than round, seed shape.
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Evidently, the mastodons were not the only ones with a taste for the velvety flesh of persea americana, because by 6,000 BC the inhabitants of Tehuacan were cultivating the fruit, resulting in a larger size and an oval, rather than round, seed shape.
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Bright shall your breast be with the flower of the persea, and your tresses anointed heavy with sweet odor.
Woman on Her Own, False Gods and The Red Robe Three Plays By Brieux Eug��ne Brieux 1895
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Nay, he outwitted the Gods, he made night into day, he lived out twice his years, with revel and love and wine in the lamp-lit groves of persea trees.
The World's Desire Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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Willows are decreasing in number, and the persea, one of the sacred trees of Ancient Egypt, is now only to be found in gardens.
History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12) M. L. McClure 1881
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I have seen the things over which the persea tree spreadeth [its branches] within Re-stau.
Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings Epiphanius Wilson 1880
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In the tree, any tree, acacia or persea, Mannhardt wishes to recognise the Sun-tree of the Lett songs.
Modern Mythology Andrew Lang 1878
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