Baobab Definition
bāō-băb, bä-
baobabs
noun
baobabs
Any of several trees of the genus Adansonia of Africa, Madagascar, and Australia, especially the tropical African species A. digitata, having palmately compound leaves, edible gourdlike fruits, and a broad trunk that stores water.
American Heritage
A thick-trunked tree (Adansonia digitata) of the bombax family, native to Africa: fiber from its bark is used for making rope, paper, etc., and the gourdlike fruit has an edible pulp.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- Adansonia digitata
- monkey-bread tree
Other Word Forms of Baobab
Noun
Singular:
baobab
Plural:
baobabsOrigin of Baobab
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New Latin bahobab possibly from North African Arabic būḥibab fruit of many seeds from Arabic ’abū ḥibāb source of seeds ’ab father, source ℵb in Semitic roots ḥibāb pl. of ḥabb seed
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Arabic بو حباب (būħibāb, “father of many seeds”), from ابو (’abū, “father”) + حب (ħabb, “seed”).
From Wiktionary
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