baobab

Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪə(ʊ)bab/

The English word “baobab” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

A tree, Adansonia digitata, native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.
Any tree of the genus Adansonia.

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bahobab, from Arabic أَبُو حِبَاب (ʔabū ḥibāb, “father of many seeds”), from أَبُو (ʔabū, “father”) + حَبّ (ḥabb, “seed”).

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