| 单词 |
Adansonia |
| 释义 |
‖ Adansonia Bot.|ædənˈsəʊnɪə|
[mod.L. f. Adanson, name of a Fr. naturalist in 1794.]
1. A genus of gigantic trees (family Bombaceæ) containing only two species, of which one is the Baobab, Monkey-bread, or Ethiopian Sour Gourd of W. and Central Africa; and the other the Cream of Tartar Tree, or Sour Gourd of N. Australia.
1797T. Holcroft tr. Stolberg's Travels II. xciv. 485 The famous African tree, which is called Barbab, and described by..Adanson, a French Botanist, after whom it has been named Adansonia. 1852T. Ross tr. Humboldt's Trav. I. ii. 62 The Adansonia or baobab of Senegal, [is] one of the oldest inhabitants of our globe. 1866A. A. Black in Treas. Bot. 17 The Adansonia has, until lately, been considered the largest tree in the world, but it must now give place to the mammoth tree of California (Wellingtonia gigantea).
2. Paper-making. (See quot. 1937.)
1888Cross & Bevan Text-Bk. Paper-Making vi. 104 Jute and Adansonia are largely used for papers where strength is of more importance than appearance. 1937E. J. Labarre Dict. Paper 3/1 Adansonia, inner bark of Adansonia digitata or Baobab..used to a limited extent for wrapping papers. |
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