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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Adansonia \Ad`an*so"ni*a\, n. [From Adanson, a French botanist.]
(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. --D. C.
Eaton.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Adansonia \Ad`an*so"ni*a\, n. [From Adanson, a French botanist.]
(Bot.)
A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two
species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa
and India, and A. 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. --D. C.
Eaton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
Adansonia
n : baobab; cream-of-tartar tree [syn: genus Adansonia]
From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
adansonia
Ιταλικά n.
αδανσονία, γένος δένδρων
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
adansonia
n.
Any member of the tree genus ''Adansonia'', the baobabs.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Adansonia
Translingual n.
(taxon genus family Malvaceae the baobabs)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
adansonia
n.
Any member of the tree genus ''Adansonia'', the baobabs.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
adansonia
n.
Any member of the tree genus ''Adansonia'', the baobabs.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Adansonia
Translingual n.
(taxon genus family Malvaceae the baobabs)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
adansonia
n.
Any member of the tree genus ''Adansonia'', the baobabs.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Adansonia
Translingual n.
(taxon genus family Malvaceae the baobabs)
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