Baobab

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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