[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sour \sour\, a. compar. sourer; superl. sourest. oe.
   sour, sur, as. s?r; akin to d. zuur, g. sauer, ohg. s?r,
   icel. s?rr, sw. sur, dan. suur, lith. suras salt, russ.
   surovui harsh, rough. cf. sorrel, the plant.
   1. having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and
      the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
      1913 webster

            all sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite.
                                                  --bacon.
      1913 webster

   2. changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or
      musty, turned.
      1913 webster

   3. disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish;
      morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply. "a sour
      countenance." --swift.
      1913 webster

            he was a scholar . . .
            lofty and sour to them that loved him not,
            but to those men that sought him sweet as summer.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. afflictive; painful. "sour adversity." --shak.
      1913 webster

   5. cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
      1913 webster

   sour dock bot., sorrel.

   sour gourd bot., the gourdlike fruit adansonia
      gregorii, and adansonia digitata; also, either of the
      trees bearing this fruit. see adansonia.

   sour grapes. see under grape.

   sour gum bot. see turelo.

   sour plum bot., the edible acid fruit of an australian
      tree owenia venosa; also, the tree itself, which
      furnished a hard reddish wood used by wheelwrights.
      1913 webster

   syn: acid; sharp; tart; acetous; acetose; harsh; acrimonious;
        crabbed; currish; peevish.
        1913 webster
see also:
sourer sourest sorrel sour dock sour gourd adansonia gregorii 
adansonia digitata adansonia sour grapes grape sour gum 
turelo sour plum owenia venosa 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

adansonia \ad`anso"nia\, 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
see also:
adansonia digitata adansonia gregorii 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

monkey-bread \mon"key-bread`\, n. bot.
   the fruit of the adansonia digitata; also, the tree. see
   adansonia.
   1913 webster
see also:
adansonia digitata adansonia 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

baobab \ba"obab\ b=a"-oba^b or baum"-oba^b, n.
   the native name. bot.
   a gigantic african tree adansonia digitata, also
   naturalized in india. see adansonia.
   1913 webster
see also:
adansonia digitata adansonia 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

adansonia digitata
     n : african tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit
         that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called
         monkey bread syn: baobab, monkey-bread tree
see also:
baobab monkey-bread tree 

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