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CREAM-OF-TARTAR TREE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd

Synonyms:

Adansonia gregorii; cream-of-tartar tree; sour gourd

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cream-of-tartar tree" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Meronyms (parts of "cream-of-tartar tree"):

sour gourd (acid-tasting Australian gourd-like fruit with a woody rind and large seeds)

Holonyms ("cream-of-tartar tree" is a member of...):

Adansonia; genus Adansonia (baobab; cream-of-tartar tree)

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