adansonia
/ædən'səuniə/
📖 中文释义
- n. 【植物】猴面包树属
📘 English Definition（英文释义）
- n. A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are
- two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and
- India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of
- Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous
- diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled
- with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used
- by the natives for making ropes and cloth.