How many syllables in baobab?

There are 2 syllables in the word baobab.

How to pronounce 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

adansonia

adansonia digitata

angiospermous tree

flowering tree

monkey bread

monkey-bread tree

sour gourd

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