adansónia

See also: adansonia, Adansonia, and adansônia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• adansônia (Brazil)

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Adansonia.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɐ̃ˈsɔ.njɐ/ [ɐ.ðɐ̃ˈsɔ.njɐ]

• Hyphenation: a‧dan‧só‧ni‧a

Noun

adansónia f (plural adansónias) (European spelling)

1. adansonia (any member of the tree genus Adansonia)
2. Synonym of embondeiro (“baobab”) (Adansonia digitata, a large tree of tropical Africa)