baobab

Definitions


[ˈbaʊbab], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a short tree with a very thick trunk and large edible fruit, living to a great age


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Origin:
mid 17th century: probably from an African language; first recorded in Latin (1592), in a treatise on the plants of Egypt by the Italian botanist Prosper Alpinus




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