genus Adansonia

Thesaurus

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genus Adansonia - baobab; cream-of-tartar tree Adansoniadilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsBombacaceae, family Bombacaceae - tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seedsAdansonia gregorii, cream-of-tartar tree, sour gourd - Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourdAdansonia 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