brewski, spread, baobab, ruling class

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Adansonia
African Baobab (Adansonia digitata) tree in Bagamoyo, Tanzania near the Kaole ruins
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Subfamily:	Bombacoideae
Genus:	Adansonia L.[1]
Species
See Species section

Adansonia is a genus of eight species of tree, six native to Madagascar, one native to mainland Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and one to Australia. The mainland African species also occurs on Madagascar, but it is not a native of that island.

brewski
n. Slang, pl., -skies, or -skis.

1. Beer.
2. A serving of beer.

[BREW + -ski, -sky, n. suff. (from Russian -skiĭ , perhaps modeled on RUSSKY).]

Russky

n., pl., -skies.
Offensive. A Russian.

[Russian russkiĭ, Russian, from Rus', Rus. See Rus.]