baobab
pronunciation
How to pronounce baobab in British English:
UK [ˈbeɪəʊbæb]
How to pronounce baobab in American English:
US [ˈbeɪoʊbæb]
-
- Noun:
- African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread
Word Origin
- baobab (n.)
- 1630s, from Medieval Latin bahobab (1590s), apparently from a central African language.
Example
- 1. Baobab trees lit up against the dark african sky .
- 2. Baobab isn 't quite satisfied with any of these explanations .
- 3. The village kids were still camped beneath the baobab , waiting for the poor bo to come down .
- 4. Baobab trees stud the brown plains of africa like uprooted , upside-down oaks .
- 5. All of a sudden , a lizard about the size of a small crocodile hurtled out of the undergrowth and raced up a nearby baobab tree .