baobab

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

baobab
    n 1: African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit
         that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey
         bread [syn: {baobab}, {monkey-bread tree}, {Adansonia
         digitata}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

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