Baobab

//ˈbeɪoʊˌbæb// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tree, Adansonia digitata, native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.
  2. 2
    African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread wordnet
  3. 3
    Any tree of the genus Adansonia.

Synonyms

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adansonia digitataafrican baobabcream of tartar treemonkey breadmonkey bread treemonkey-bread tree

Example

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"Some of Africa's oldest baobab trees have died suddenly."

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bahobab, from Arabic أَبُو حِبَاب (ʔabū ḥibāb, “father of many seeds”), from أَبُو (ʔabū, “father”) + حَبّ (ḥabb, “seed”).

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adansonia digitata

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