baobab

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baobab - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Baobab \Ba"o*bab\ (b[=a]"[-o]*b[a^]b or b[aum]"[-o]*b[a^]b), n.
     [The native name.] (Bot.)
     A gigantic African tree (Adansonia digitata), also
     naturalized in India. See Adansonia.
     [1913 Webster]

baobab - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  baobab
      n 1: African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit
           that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey
           bread [syn: baobab, monkey-bread tree, Adansonia digitata
           ]