Adansonia

Ad`an`so´ni`a

n.

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(Bot.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, Adansonia digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and Adansonia Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth.

Thesaurus

Noun

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Adansonia - baobab; cream-of-tartar tree         genus Adansonia dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs Bombacaceae, family Bombacaceae - tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds Adansonia gregorii, cream-of-tartar tree, sour gourd - Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd Adansonia digitata, baobab, monkey-bread tree - African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread