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Define the word Adansonia

"Adansonia" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

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.
   [1913 Webster]

"Adansonia" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

Adansonia
     n : baobab; cream-of-tartar tree [syn: genus Adansonia]