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GENUS ADANSONIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Baobab; cream-of-tartar tree

Synonyms:

Adansonia; genus Adansonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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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