sour gourd

noun

1. Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd

• Syn: ↑cream-of-tartar tree, ↑Adansonia gregorii

• Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree

• Member Holonyms: ↑Adansonia, ↑genus Adansonia

2. African gourd-like fruit with edible pulp

• Syn: ↑monkey bread

• Hypernyms: ↑edible fruit

• Part Holonyms: ↑baobab, ↑monkey-bread tree, ↑Adansonia digitata

3. acid-tasting Australian gourd-like fruit with a woody rind and large seeds

• Hypernyms: ↑edible fruit

• Part Holonyms: ↑cream-of-tartar tree, ↑Adansonia gregorii

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noun

1.

a. : cream-of-tartar tree

b. : the acid fruit of the cream-of-tartar tree

2. : baobab

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the acid fruit of any of several African or Australian trees belonging to the genus Adansonia, of the bombax family, as the baobab, A. digitata.

[1630-40]

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sour gourd,

1. the acid fruit of an Australian tree of the bombax family.

2. the tree itself; bottle tree.

3. = baobab. (Cf. ↑baobab)