Persea

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Translingual

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Etymology

From Latin persea, from Ancient Greek περσέα (perséa).

Proper noun

Persea f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lauraceae – the avocado and similar plants.

Synonyms

English

Proper noun

Persea

  1. Obsolete form of Persia.
    • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:
      Unhappie Perſea, that in former age
      Haſt bene the ſeat of mightie Conquerors,
      That in their proweſſe and their pollicies,
      Have triumpht ouer Affrike, and the bounds
      Of Europe, where the Sun dares ſcarce appeare, []

Old English

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Persea

  1. genitive plural of Perse