baobab
A tree, Adansonia digitata, native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk…A tree, Adansonia digitata, native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.
» Some of Africa's oldest baobab trees have died suddenly.
Einige der ältesten Affenbrotbäume Afrikas sind plötzlich eingegangen.
Meaning
2 sensesA tree, Adansonia digitata, native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.
Affenbrotbaum
баоба́бbaobáb
African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread
Any tree of the genus Adansonia.
Examples
3 sentencesSome of Africa's oldest baobab trees have died suddenly.
deEinige der ältesten Affenbrotbäume Afrikas sind plötzlich eingegangen.
Cherry says, "Your body is like a baobab tree."
The ancient, iconic baobab tree, with its distinctive swollen trunk, grows in many parts of Africa.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Medieval Latin bahobab, from Arabic أَبُو حِبَاب (ʔabū ḥibāb, “father of manBorrowed 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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Forms
plural: baobabsSynonyms
9 synonyms- African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread:monkey-bread treeAdansonia digitata