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Definition of Adansonia digitata
1. Noun. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
Exact synonyms: Baobab, Monkey-bread Tree
Terms within: Monkey Bread, Sour Gourd
Group relationships: Adansonia, Genus Adansonia
Generic synonyms: Angiospermous Tree, Flowering Tree
Terms within: Monkey Bread, Sour Gourd
Group relationships: Adansonia, Genus Adansonia
Generic synonyms: Angiospermous Tree, Flowering Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adansonia Digitata
Literary usage of Adansonia digitata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Vegetable Materia Medica of Western India by William Dymock (1885)
"adansonia digitata, Linn., Cav. Diss. v., 298,1.15. The fruit, bark and leaves.
• Vernacular.—Gorakh amlf (Hind.), Gorakh chintz, Churl chintz (Bomb. ..."
2. Reading List on Papermaking Materials by Clarence Jay West (1921)
"FIBERS from the Belgian Congo. Bull. Imp. Inst. xiv, 385-388 (1916); Paper Makers'
Mo. J. lv, 9-10 (Jan. 15. 1917). FIBERS of adansonia digitata. Bull. ..."
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