persea

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek περσέα (perséa).

Pronunciation

Noun

persea f (genitive perseae); first declension

  1. kind of sacred tree in Egypt and Persia

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

  • Translingual: Persea

References

  • persea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • persea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.