Baobab Synonyms

bāō-băb, bä-
African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. monkey-bread tree
  2. Adansonia digitata

Baobab Sentence Examples

  • Other trees, found chiefly on the plateaus, are the baobab, the shea-butter tree, the locust tree, gambier, palms, including the date and dum palm (Hyphaene), the tamarind, and, in the arid regions, the acacia and mimosa.

  • In the savannas are gigantic baobab trees.

  • On the hills the baobab and hyphaene palm are characteristic; on the plateau are stretches of open savanna, and park-like country with clumps of silk cotton and shea-butter trees.

  • Large areas are covered with brushwood, among which are scattered baobab, shea-butter, bread fruit, corkwood and silk-cotton trees.

  • It is related closely to the famous baobab of tropical Africa.

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