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baobab
ba·o·bab B0065600 (bā′ō-băb′, bä′-)n. 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.
[New Latin bahobab, possibly from North African Arabic *būḥibab, fruit of many seeds, from Arabic 'abū ḥibāb, source of seeds : 'ab, father, source; see ʔb in Semitic roots + ḥibāb, pl. of ḥabb, seed.]baobab (ˈbeɪəʊˌbæb) n (Plants) a bombacaceous tree, Adansonia digitata, native to Africa, that has a very thick trunk, large white flowers, and a gourdlike fruit with an edible pulp called monkey bread. Also called: bottle tree or monkey bread tree [C17: probably from a native African word]ba•o•bab (ˈbeɪ oʊˌbæb, ˈbɑ oʊ-, ˈbaʊ bæb)
n. a large tropical African tree, Adansoniadigitata, of the bombax family, that has an extremely thick trunk and bears a gourdlike fruit. [1630–40; < New Latin bahobab] ba·o·bab (bā′ō-băb′) An African tree having a large trunk, bulbous branches, and hard-shelled fruit with an edible pulp. The baobab has spongy wood that holds large amounts of water, and the bark can be used to make rope, mats, paper, and other items. Baobabs can live up to 3,000 years.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  baobab - African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey breadAdansonia digitata, monkey-bread treemonkey bread, sour gourd - African gourd-like fruit with edible pulpAdansonia, genus Adansonia - baobab; cream-of-tartar treeangiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary |
Translationsbaobab
baobab (bä`ōbăb', bā`ō–), gigantic tree, Adansonia digitata, of India and Africa, exceeded in trunk diameter only by the sequoia. The hollow trunks of living baobabs have been used for dwellings; rope and cloth are made from the bark and condiments and medicines from the leaves; and the gourdlike fruit (monkey bread) is eaten. Research in the 21st cent. has indicated that the hollow trunks of large trees are in many instances a cavity that is created by the fusion of multiple stems, each of which in some cases is hundreds of years old. The Australian baobab, Adansonia gregorii, is also called boab or sour gourd. In spite of the enormous girth of the trees, they are not particularly tall, and thus have a bottlelike appearance. Baobab is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Malvales, family Bombacaceae.baobab a bombacaceous tree, Adansonia digitata, native to Africa, that has a very thick trunk, large white flowers, and a gourdlike fruit with an edible pulp called monkey bread baobab
Synonyms for baobabnoun African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey breadSynonyms- Adansonia digitata
- monkey-bread tree
Related Words- monkey bread
- sour gourd
- Adansonia
- genus Adansonia
- angiospermous tree
- flowering tree
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