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ANJOU
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pear with firm flesh and a green skin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("anjou" is a kind of...):
pear (sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A former province of western France in the Loire valley
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
French region (a geographical subdivision of France)
Meronyms (members of "Anjou"):
Angevin; Angevine (a resident of Anjou)
Holonyms ("Anjou" is a part of...):
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)