| adansonia | (n) baobab; cream-of-tartar tree, Syn. genus Adansonia |
| baobab | (n) African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread, Syn. Adansonia digitata, monkey-bread tree |
| cream-of-tartar tree | (n) Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd, Syn. Adansonia gregorii, sour gourd |
| Adansonia | ‖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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| adansonia | (n) baobab; cream-of-tartar tree, Syn. genus Adansonia |
| baobab | (n) African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread, Syn. Adansonia digitata, monkey-bread tree |
| cream-of-tartar tree | (n) Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd, Syn. Adansonia gregorii, sour gourd |
| Adansonia | ‖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. [ 1913 Webster ] |