BAOBAB  , Adansonia digitata(natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order Bombaceae) ,anative of tropical See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, one of the largest trees known, its See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem reaching 30 ft. in See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter, though the height is not See also:

• GREAT

great . It has a large woody See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, containing a mucilaginous pulp, with a pleasant cool See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste, in which the seeds are buried . The bark yields a strong fibre which is made into See also:

• ROPES, JOHN CODMAN (1836–1899)

ropes and See also:

• WOVEN

woven into See also:

• CLOTH

cloth . The See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood is very See also:

• LIGHT

light and soft, and the trunks of living trees are often excavated to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form houses . The name of the genus was given by See also:

• LINNAEUS

Linnaeus in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• MICHEL
• MICHEL, CLAUDE
• MICHEL, FRANCISQUE XAVIER (1809-1887)

Michel See also:

• ADANSON, MICHEL (1727-1806)

Adanson, a celebrated See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French botanist and traveller .