[1] : 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 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

adansonia
     n : baobab; cream-of-tartar tree syn: genus adansonia
see also:
genus adansonia 

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