‖n. [ From Adanson, a French botanist. ] (Bot.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, Adansonia digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and Adansonia 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. D. C. Eaton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. [ L. Ausonia, poetic name for Italy. ] Italian. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. A genus of tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or tripinnatifid fronds and usually marginal sori; in some classification systems it is placed in the family
prop. n.
n. A genus of small evergreen subshrubs of North America.
a. Of or pertaining to Hudson's Bay or to the Hudson River;
n. A follower of John Hutchinson of Yorkshire, England, who believed that the Hebrew Scriptures contained a complete system of natural science and of theology. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. A genus of xerophytic ferns of South America.
‖n. [ NL. Named after
a. Pertaining to, or characteristic of,
. The absence of pomp or display which Jefferson aimed at in his administration as President (1801-1809), eschewing display or ceremony tending to distinguish the President from the people, as in going to the capital on horseback and with no escort, the abolition of court etiquette and the weekly levee, refusal to recognize titles of honor, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. Pertaining to or resembling
n. A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or characteristic of,
n. (Bot.) An Asiatic and North African shrub (Lawsonia inermis), with smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers.
prop. n. A small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees.
a. Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M.
a. Of or pertaining to
a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to Thomsonianism. --
n. (Med.) An empirical system which assumes that the human body is composed of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water, and that vegetable medicines alone should be used; -- from the founder, Dr. Samuel