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GENUS ADANSONIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Baobab; cream-of-tartar tree
Synonyms:
Adansonia; genus Adansonia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Adansonia" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Adansonia" is a member of...):
Bombacaceae; family Bombacaceae (tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds)
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