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avkomma — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • descendant noun A person related to someone who lived in an earlier generation, such as a child, grandchild, or later relative.
  • fruit noun The seed-bearing part of a plant, often sweet and eaten as food, such as an apple or orange.
  • offspring noun A person's child, or an animal's or plant's young.
  • progeny noun Offspring or descendants, considered together.

Senses

avkomma is used for these senses in English:

  • descendant One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
  • offspring An animal or plant's progeny or young.
  • progeny (uncountable) Offspring or descendants considered as a group.

descendant — full definition

  1. noun A person related to someone who lived in an earlier generation, such as a child, grandchild, or later relative.
  2. noun Something that develops from, or is a later version of, an earlier thing.

fruit — full definition

  1. noun The seed-bearing part of a plant, often sweet and eaten as food, such as an apple or orange.
  2. noun A good or bad result of effort or action.
  3. verb To produce fruit.

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