英语释义
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n. A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are
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two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and
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India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of
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Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous
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diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled
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with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used
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by the natives for making ropes and cloth.