baobab
A tree, Adansonia digitata, native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.
Other meanings
Any tree of the genus Adansonia.
Synonyms
- monkey-bread tree
A kind of
- flowering tree
Word history
From Arabic "أَبُو حِبَاب" (father of many seeds).
Where this comes from
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