baobab

A baobab.

Meaning

Noun

A tree, Adansonia digitata (and similar species), native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.

Origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bahobab, from Arabic أَبُو حِبَاب, from أَبُو + حَبّ.

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