noun
Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd
• Syn: ↑sour gourd, ↑Adansonia gregorii
• Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Adansonia, ↑genus Adansonia
• Part Meronyms: ↑sour gourd
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nounEtymology: so called from the taste of the fruit
: a desert tree (Adansonia gregorii) of northern Australia that produces an agreeably acid fruit — called also Australian baobab, sour gourd
Useful english dictionary. 2012.