baobab meaning

Noun: baobab  'beyow`bab

1. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread
   - monkey-bread tree, Adansonia digitata

Derived forms: baobabs

Type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree

Part of: Adansonia, genus Adansonia

Encyclopedia: Baobab

[Medicine]
A plant genus of the family BOMBACACEAE that is used for FOOD and MEDICINE,TRADITIONAL. n : a broad-trunked Old World tropical tree (Adansonia digitata) of the silk-cotton family (Bombacaceae) with an edible acid fruit resembling a gourd, leaves and bark formerly used medicinally, and bark that is used in making paper, cloth, and rope

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1. nelson always had baobab leaves for breakfast
2. i had been so proud of my baobabs
3. followed by a great scratch against the baobab tree
4. "children, " i say plainly, " watch out for the baobabs!
5. "but why do you want the sheep to eat the little baobabs?