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Baobab
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adansonia
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
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n. Any member of the tree genus ''Adansonia'', the baobabs.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Baobab is the common name for each of the nine species of tree in the genus Adansonia . The generic name honours Michel Adanson , the French naturalist and explorer who described Adansonia digitata . Of the nine species, six are native to Madagascar , two ...
Usage examples of adansonia.
Yet when this great man, after whom Linnaeus himself named the baobab tree Adansonia digitata, was invited to become a member of the Institute a little before I had the honour of addressing it, he did not possess a whole shirt nor yet an untorn pair of breeches in which he could attend, still less a coat, God rest his soul.
With the exception of the palm and the gigantic Adansonia, the trees are for the most part stunted in appearance.