Adansonia

2 definitions found

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

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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