ADANSONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Adansonia mean? 

• ADANSONIA (noun)
  The noun ADANSONIA has 1 sense:

1. baobab; cream-of-tartar tree

  Familiarity information: ADANSONIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADANSONIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Baobab; cream-of-tartar tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Adansonia; genus Adansonia

Hypernyms ("Adansonia" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Adansonia"):

Adansonia gregorii; cream-of-tartar tree; sour gourd (Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd)

Adansonia digitata; baobab; monkey-bread tree (African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread)

Holonyms ("Adansonia" is a member of...):

Bombacaceae; family Bombacaceae (tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds)