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ADANSONIA DIGITATA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread
Synonyms:
Adansonia digitata; baobab; monkey-bread tree
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Hypernyms ("Adansonia digitata" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
Meronyms (parts of "Adansonia digitata"):
monkey bread; sour gourd (African gourd-like fruit with edible pulp)
Holonyms ("Adansonia digitata" is a member of...):
Adansonia; genus Adansonia (baobab; cream-of-tartar tree)