baobab
nounHow many syllables in baobab?
There are 2 syllables in the word baobab.How to pronounce baobab:
Definition of baobab:
- baobab (noun):
- any of several related trees chiefly of madagascar and australia
- noun. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
- a broad-trunked tropical tree (adansonia digitata) of the silk-cotton family that is native to africa and has an edible acidic fruit resembling a gourd and bark used in making paper, cloth, and rope
Synonyms for baobab:
adansonia
adansonia digitata
angiospermous tree
flowering tree
monkey bread
monkey-bread tree
sour gourd
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