Definitions for: Adansonia


[n] baobab; cream-of-tartar tree



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: genus Adansonia

See Also: Adansonia digitata, Adansonia gregorii, baobab, Bombacaceae, cream-of-tartar tree, dilleniid dicot genus, family Bombacaceae, monkey-bread tree, sour gourd

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