单词 | baobab |
释义 | baobab /bay"oh bab', bah"oh-, bow"bab/, n. any large tree belonging to the genus Adansonia, of the bombax family, esp. A. digitata, which is native to tropical Africa, has an exceedingly thick trunk, and bears a gourdlike fruit. [1630-40; < NL bahobab, first cited in a description of the tree's fruit by Italian physician and botanist Prospero Alpini (1553-1616 or 17); orig. obscure] |
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